100 dead as overloaded boat capsizes in Nigeria

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 14 (Reuters) – The death toll from an overloaded boat that capsized in a remote part of Nigeria’s north central region has risen to more than 100, police and officials said on Wednesday, in one of the worst such disasters in recent years. The wooden boat was ferrying people to Kwara state across a river from neighbouring Niger state after a wedding ceremony when it…

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