ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 27 people died and more than 100, most of them women, were missing Friday after a boat transporting them to a food market capsized along the River Niger in northern ...

At Least 20 Killed as Boat Explodes on Nigeria River, Police Say By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed when a wooden boat caught fire and exploded on a river in ...

In a tragic incident, at least 27 people died while over 100, including women were missing, after a boat capsized along the Niger River in central Nigeria, the local emergency management agency ...

More than 40 people are presumed to have died after a boat overloaded with passengers sank on a river in northwestern Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday. The vessel was ferrying 53 farmers to ...

More than 100 passengers, mostly women, are still missing after a boat capsized on the Niger River. The search and ... boats are common in remote parts of Nigeria where there is a lack of good ...

President Bola Tinubu has approved hundreds of billions of naira for the expansion of 12 river basin projects across Nigeria ...

ABUJA, Sept 29, (Xinhua): Nigerian authorities have issued a fresh alert to citizens as the country faces rising water levels due to flash and river flooding ... head of the Nigeria Hydrological ...

YENAGOA, Aug 8 (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed when a wooden boat caught fire and exploded on a river in Nigeria's coastal state of Bayelsa on Wednesday, a police spokesperson said.