Tag: Boat
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#OndoDecides2020: Boats conveying INEC Officials, materials capsize
Boats conveying officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and election materials in Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State have reportedly capsized. However there is no report of casualty yet as rescue mission is ongoing. Details shortly….
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Has Niger Delta missed the boat? AKS as Metaphor, By Dele Sobowale
“We have met the enemy and they are ours.” Oliver H Perry, 1785-1819. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 48. As the Age of Oil fades gradually into the distance, the efforts of Obong Victor Attah would appear to have been in vain. Attah was indisputably the arrow head. His book ATTAH ON RESOURCE CONTROL,…
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Two die, four rescued as boat capsizes in Lagos
Two people have died and four others rescued as a fishing boat capsized around Offin Ibeshe, Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The tragedy occurred around 7.00pm on Monday. Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, confirmed the development. He said according to report, a fishing boat from Makoko Community with seven passengers…
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Owner of Lagos crashed boat charged for manslaughter
Owner of the boat which crashed in Lagos in July was on Monday arraigned at an Ikeja High Court. Happiness Elebiju is facing a 10-count charge bordering on unintentional manslaughter brought against him by the state before Justice Josephine Oyefeso. Twelve persons died in the mishap. Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, told…
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10 escape death as boat capsizes in Lagos
No fewer than 10 passengers escaped death on Tuesday’s evening, when their boat capsized on Lagos Waterways, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. Alhaji Ibrahim Farinloye, NEMA Acting Coordinator in Lagos State, who made this known in a statement, said, “10 passengers were rescued live when their boat capsized. According to him, the…
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Tragedy: 38 feared dead in Bauchi boat mishap, Buhari mourns
Thirty-eight persons reportedly died in a boat mishap in Kirfi local government of Bauchi State. The passengers were said to be on their way to their farms when the accident happened on Monday. President Muhammadu Buhari who has been briefed about the accident has sent condolences to families of the 38 victims. He described the…
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15 die, others missing as boat capsizes in Niger
A boat accident in Borgu local government area of Niger State has claimed 15 lives. The bodies of other passengers on the boat have not been recovered. The boat was said to have been returning from Warrah market, a border community in Ngaski local government area of Kebbi state to Sabo Yumu in Borgu. The…
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Three dead, five missing as boat capsizes in Lagos
Three people have died and five others missing as boat conveying 20 passengers capzised mid-sea in Lagos on Wednesday night. General Manager of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr. Damilola Emmanuel who confirmed the incident, said the agency, at about 7:30pm received a distress call that a 20-capacity passenger boat with 18 passengers and…
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Boat mishap: Benue Govt. confirms 20 persons, 17 motorcycles missing
Rev. Jacob Aernyi, the Special Adviser to Benue Governor on Religious Affairs and Civil Society, has sympathised with the families of victims of a boat mishap, in which no fewer than 20 persons were missing. Aernyi told newsmen that he got details of the incident on Thursday in his office in Makurdi through the Secretary,…
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22 schoolchildren drown after boat sinks
Witnesses said 22 children drowned when a boat ferrying them to their school sank on the Nile River in Sudan Wednesday. The boat had been carrying about 40 children, the SUNA news agency reported, when it capsised due to rough conditions, with the river swollen from heavy rains. An adult woman on board was also…