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More than 100 people missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria [Video]

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More than 100 people, mostly women and children, were missing after an overloaded boat bringing them back from an Islamic festival at night capsized in north-western Nigeria, authorities said.

The locally made boat, whose capacity was 100 passengers, had about 300 people onboard along the Niger River when it overturned in Niger state’s Mokwa district on Monday night, according to the Niger State Emergency Management Agency.

Such boat disasters are common in Nigeria, especially in remote communities where the lack of good roads leaves many with no alternative routes.

This is the fourth tragedy involving more than 100 passengers in northern Nigeria since the middle of last year, many of them never accounted for.

Local media reported that 11 bodies, nine men and two women, have been recovered from the river so far.

At least 150 people had been rescued by Wednesday morning amid a frantic search operation that is …

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