Madang Provincial Police Commander Superintendent Robert Baim has raised serious concerns over the continued loss of life at ...

The boat, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt, was conveying the victims across River Niger for a programme at a traditional wedding ceremony in a community in Niger. The boat, conveying about 22 ...

Adegboyega Oyetola, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, has renewed calls on state governments across the federation to ...

The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) says the seventh and the last corpse has been found from Friday night’s boat mishap near Ikorodu. “The last body was found through the joint efforts of ...

Nigeria's Minister of Marine and Blue Economy calls for a nationwide ban on wooden boats to curb waterway accidents and ...

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has announced plans to recruit and deploy about 800 water marshals across Nigeria by December. The initiative aims to enhance safety and strengthen ...

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, has renewed his call for state governments across Nigeria to ...

It is sad that Nigeria’s inland waterways have continued to claim lives in preventable boat accidents. The latest tragedy struck on Saturday, January 3, 2026, in Nguru Local Government Area of Yobe ...

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has banned all unlicensed boat drivers and operators from operating any boats or watercraft on the nation’s waterways. The agency said no commercial ...

Eight more bodies have been recovered from last Tuesday’s boat accident at Ibaji, Kogi State. The recovery followed the ongoing search and rescue mounted by personnel of the Kogi State Emergency ...

House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas mourns the 29 victims of the tragic Yobe boat accident, calling for stricter enforcement of ...

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr Adegboyega Oyetola, has renewed his call on state governments across the federation to urgently ban the use of wooden boats for commercial water ...