Tag: Boat Mishap
Boat mishap: Bodies of 6 missing policemen in Bayelsa recovered
The Police Command in Bayelsa has announced the recovery of bodies of the six policemen who went missing after a…
Breaking: Two dead, four rescued as boat capsizes in Ikorodu
Two people have died and four others rescued as a fishing boat capsized around Offin Ibeshe, Ikorodu area of Lagos…
5 dead in Bangladesh tourist boat mishap
At least five people have died after a tourist boat capsized in south-eastern Bangladesh on Friday, rescuers said.
38 die in boat mishap in Bauchi
Thirty eight persons have died in a boat mishap in Kirfi local government of Bauchi state.
Boat tragedy claims nine lives in eastern India
Nine persons died when a boat capsized in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, the Police confirmed to Xinhua on…
Lagos boat mishap: LASWA yet to recover 2 bodies
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) says it has yet to recover the bodies of two persons involved in a…
Boat mishaps: Niger govt. to provide life jackets
The Niger Government says it is putting in place a law through the state Ministry of Transport and Inland Waterways…
Boat mishap: Stop night travel on water, Lagos warns
The General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Oluwadamilola Emmanuel on Monday condemned the activities of boat operators in the…
Lagos boat mishap: Obasa reacts, mourns victims
The speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Rt, Hon, Mudashiru Obasa, has expressed sadness over the boat mishap that…
Uduaghan mourns boat mishap victims, condoles with families
Former Delta Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has expressed sadness over the death of three persons in a boat mishap during…
Delta police confirm 4 missing in boat mishap
Police in Delta have confirmed four persons missing in a boat mishap which occurred in the Benin River, Warri North…
19 children drown in Kwara boat mishap
No fewer than 19 children have been reportedly drowned in a boat mishap on Saturday in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government…
NIWA confirms 11 dead, 7 missing in Benue boat mishap
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) on Friday confirmed that 11 died in the boat mishap that occurred on River…
Tragedy: 20 persons drown in boat mishap in Benue
No fewer than 20 persons have drowned as a boat capsised at River Buruku in Benue State on Wednesday evening.
2 girls drown in another boat mishap in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two girls, six and four years old, from the same parents have drowned after a 24-passenger boat…
Marine police rescue 3 in Lagos boat mishap
The Marine Police on Thursday said its men rescued three persons on Pashi river, Badagry, Lagos State, when their boat…
Rivers boat mishap: Divers battle to rescue remaining 8 passengers
Divers are still battling to see if they can rescue the remaining eight passengers out of the 24 persons who…
Tragedy: 12 perish in Lagos boat mishap
12 people have drowned as a passenger boat capsised on Sunday at Ilashe area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
7 die in boat mishap, 136 missing
No fewer than seven people have died and seven hospitalized in Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi when a boat…
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13 die in boat mishap, tanker fire in Niger
A total of seven people have died in a boat mishap on River Gbako in Katcha Local Government Area of…
Boat mishap: 4 feared drown on trip to Tompolo father’s burial
Four people were feared dead in Warri River on Friday in a boat mishap involving the funeral party to the…
Mishap: Boat operations resume at Ijede, Ikorodu
Boat operators at the Tarzan Jetty in Ijede, a suburb of Ikorodu, have resumed work after a boat mishap which…
7 Confirmed Dead, 8 Still Missing In Lagos Boat Mishap
Kazeem Ugbodaga There was tragedy at Ijede area of Ikorodu, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Saturday after a passenger boat capsized with…
Bayelsa boat mishap kills one
A boat mishap on Sunday claimed the life of a 27-year-old man in Yenagoa, NAN reports. The man died after…
Boat Mishap: Lagos warns against over-speeding
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government in western Nigeria, has warned boat operators in the state’s waterways against overs-speeding in…
Boat Mishap: Ambode Receives 2,400 Life Jackets Donation
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has received 2,400 life jackets donation from Total Exploration and Production Nigeria…
Lawmakers summon state officials over Lagos boat tragedy
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday summoned officials of the state Waterways Authority, LSWA, following a…
Boat Mishap: Lagos Recovers Bodies Of 6 Dead Children
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says the bodies of six children who drowned in Wednesday’s boat mishap in Ojo…
9 Girls Die In Nigeria Boat Capsize
Nine teenage girls died and three were listed missing after a passenger boat capsized on a river in northern Nigeria,…
Why Boat Mishap Is Rampant
Femi Ayodele Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi, has bemoaned growing cases…