04.01.2026 16:21
A passenger boat capsized in Yobe State, Nigeria. While 25 people lost their lives in the accident, 13 were rescued, and it was reported that 14 others are missing.
Twenty-five people lost their lives as a passenger boat capsized in Nigeria's Yobe State.
BOAT CAPSIZED
Nigeria's State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Yobe State Secretary Mohammed Goje announced that a passenger boat traveling from Yobe in the northeast of the country to Jigawa State capsized in the river in the Nguru area last night.
25 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES
Goje reported that 25 people died in the accident, and 13 were rescued. He stated that 14 people are missing and that search and rescue operations are ongoing in the area.