At least 8 people have died and 100 are missing after a boat sank on the River Niger in northern Nigeria, authorities said.

It’s true that there was a boat accident on Thursday involving quite a number of women going to the market in Niger State. We ...

Authorities say at least 100, most of them women, were missing after a boat taking them to a food market capsized in River ...

Scores of people were dead after a wooden boat carrying over 200 passengers and crew capsized at a section of the River Niger ...

Rescuers were searching for survivors after the vessel, taking passengers to a food market, capsized along the River Niger, ...