160729-N-EU999-004 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 29, 2016) Migrants aboard an inflatable vessel approach the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64). Carney provided food and water to the migrants aboard the vessel before coordinating with a nearby merchant vessel to take them to safety. Carney is forward deployed to Rota, Spain, and is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. navy photo by Chief Information Systems Technician Wesley R. Dickey/Released)
ABUJA – At least 40 people are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria.
According to foreign media, the boat carrying passengers to the famous Goronyo market in Nigeria’s Sokoto state capsized.
According to Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency, 50 people were on board the boat, 40 of whom are missing. Ten people have been rescued.
According to Nigerian media, the accident may have been caused by overloading on the boat, but officials have not yet said anything about this.
It should be noted that there have been boat capsizes in Nigeria before, and last month, at least 13 people were killed and dozens were missing after a boat carrying passengers capsized in the Nigerian state of Niger.
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