US EditionNews24 | Dozens Killed as Boat Capsizes in Nigeria
The boat, carrying 90 passengers including women and children, capsized due to overloading and collision with a tree stump, resulting in 29 deaths and two missing persons, officials said.
- On September 2, 2025, NSEMA Director General Abdullahi Baba Arah confirmed 29 bodies were recovered, 50 people rescued alive, and two missing after a boat capsized at Malale riverfront, Gausawa community, Borgu LGA.
- The boat departed from Tugan Sule bound for Dugga, carrying about 90 passengers for a condolence visit, and authorities said the accident was linked to overloading and collision with a tree stump.
- Local reports said the passengers included women and children, and Akapo Adeboye, Area Manager, National Inland Waterways Authority, along with NSEMA officials, confirmed the mishap to correspondents.
- NSEMA said search-and-rescue teams remain deployed as recovery efforts continue to locate the two missing persons, agency updates confirm.
- The mishap comes as the second boat accident in Niger State in 2025, following a July incident linked to a tree stump; NIWA had distributed life jackets in Mokwa after a flood killed over 200 people.
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