Flooding: Death Toll In Nigeria Boat Capsize Tragedy Hits 76 Authorities are working to rescue or recover any missing passengers, said Buhari, adding that he had directed the relevant agencies to check safety protocols to prevent future accidents. The head of Anambra State Emergency Management Agency said that 15 people had been rescued as…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely three days after the unfortunate boat accident around Ikorodu area of Lagos State which led to death of two passengers, another boat accident occured on Friday night around Mile 2 area of Lagos. In a press release issued by the Lagos Area Manager of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Eng…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. Coast Guard searched on Tuesday for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized off Florida’s coast en route from the Bahamas. A good Samaritan called the Coast Guard early Tuesday after rescuing a man clinging to the boat 45 miles…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano State Government has said that 29 people have been confirmed dead in the boat mishap that occurred in Bagwai on Tuesday while 14 others are still missing. The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Wednesday in Kano. He said that the 29…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine junior high school students drowned , after two canoes capsized on a river in the Northern Region of Ghana, the Police confirmed on Saturday. Bernard Baba Ananga, Northern Regional Crime Officer of the Ghana Police Service, told Xinhua that about 31 students were on the canoes, which they used to cross…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented cheques to the next of kin of Police Officers who died in a boat mishap that occurred during the Bayelsa Central and West Senatorial Districts’ bye elections, held on 5th December 2020. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Emmanuel Alex-Hart made the presentation to the…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 28 persons have lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. The Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Ahmed Inga confirmed is in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday. He said…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command, on Wednesday, said it lost an officer in a boat mishap on Monday. The Public Relations Officer, Idaho Sulaiman, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. He said the incident occurred at about 6:10 p.m. on March 22, while operatives of the command, Akere…
