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A boat capsized in north-central Nigeria, killing at least two dozen people and leaving many others missing amid a frantic rescue effort, emergency officials said.
The victims, mostly women and children, drowned while traveling on the wooden boat in the Nigerian state of Niger in the Mokwa district.
The boat was carrying more than 100 passengers, according to Zainab Sulaiman, head of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency in the state, suggesting that the death toll could be much higher as local divers searched for survivors.
“So far, they retrieved 24 corpses … and rescued 30 people,” Sulaiman told media.
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