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Photos: 7 dead, 136 missing as boat carrying passengers from Kebbi State capsizes in River Niger

At least seven people have been confirmed dead and seven hospitalized when a boat carrying 150 passengers from Ngaski Local Govt Area of Kebbi State who were returning from Malali Market hit a branch of tree and capsized along River Niger.
Confirming the incident on Saturday, the Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara State, Alhaji Sulaiman Muhammad said that efforts were on going between fishermen and the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) to rescue the missing passengers.
As soon as we got hint of the mishap, we put a call to NIWA to help rescue the missing passengers. All the people on board were missing, but as rescue and search continue wide and deep of the river intensified, 14 people have been discovered; seven died and seven haven taking to Ngaski Hospital." he said.

at 4/16/2017 10:18:00 am

23 comments:

  1. Eddy Ogbunambala 16 April 2017 at 10:20

    May their souls rest in peace

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    1. Alloy Chikezie16 April 2017 at 11:25

      May the souls of the dead rest in peace.

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  2. Unknown16 April 2017 at 10:31

    sad
    -D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

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  3. Unknown16 April 2017 at 10:34

    May their gentle souls rest in perfect peace. Ameen.

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  4. Unknown16 April 2017 at 11:02

    Ameen Ya Allah.

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  5. abdulsomod16 April 2017 at 11:33

    innalillahi wainna illahi rajiuun. we cane from ALLAH and there we return

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  6. abdulsomod16 April 2017 at 11:34

    innalillahi wainna illahi rajiuun. we cane from ALLAH and there we return

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  7. abdulsomod16 April 2017 at 11:36

    innalillahi wainna illahi rajiuun. we cane from ALLAH and there we return

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  8. Anonymous16 April 2017 at 11:45

    Kebbi disaster again? Everything bad na Kebbi state get am. Na only Kebbi waka come. RIP sha

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  9. harun16 April 2017 at 12:11

    What a strategy...may their souls rest in peace.

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    1. Anonymous16 April 2017 at 17:57

      Harun its not STRATEGY but TRAGEDY..everybody wan speak English..

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    2. Toy baby16 April 2017 at 22:51

      Nawah for some pple, anybody can make mistakes, u are to correct not to insult....ha anonymous 17:57

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    3. Anonymous17 April 2017 at 01:09

      Na wa for you too must u comment annon 17:59 corrected the mistake appropriately why u taking panadol for someone's headache

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  10. Unknown16 April 2017 at 12:13

    RIP to dem!

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  11. Unknown16 April 2017 at 12:13

    Na wa o , Bad News Every Day. May God help us

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  12. Aliyu Sirajo Sani16 April 2017 at 12:14

    May their souls rest in perfect peace amen

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  13. Unknown16 April 2017 at 12:25

    Oh dear,rip

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  14. Oskirin16 April 2017 at 12:31

    How come? Most of ds accidents on our roads n water are avoidable ones.u need to c hw dey load passengers on truck and canoe as if dey dos lives are not important.d security outfits need to do alot of sensitization n prosecutes erring offenders if we want to stem d tide of ds unwarranted deaths.RIP to dem

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  15. Unknown16 April 2017 at 12:34

    May their souls rest in perfect peace, Amen

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  16. Unknown16 April 2017 at 12:45

    It's well... dee

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  17. Monemi16 April 2017 at 14:34

    Rip

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  18. Anonymous16 April 2017 at 16:33

    rip

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  19. Toy baby16 April 2017 at 22:53

    May they RIP

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