At least 20 people have died in a boat accident that happened on Tuesday around 4:30 p.m. in Ibaji Local…
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Nigeria’s waterways weave through the heart of our country’s agriculture and economy, carrying the lifeblood of food markets and rural…
A boat mishap has claimed 29 lives in Gausawa community, Malale Ward of Borgu Local Government Area, Niger State. The…
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has confirmed another fatal boat mishap—the third within the month—in Sokoto State. The incident…
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has confirmed that six persons died while 19 others were rescued in the recent…
Following the August rains, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Kaduna Area Office, on Wednesday, took its flood control awareness…
The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Rehabilitation and Operation of Baro Inland Port and the National Inland Waterways Authority…
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, and the head of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Munirudeen Oyebamiji, have been called by a committee in the House of Representatives. The committee wants to question them about the Baro Port project in Niger State.
A routine visit to the bustling Kpata market in Lokoja has revealed a troubling reality on Kogi State’s waterways—hundreds of…
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has sent an emergency rescue team to search for missing passengers of a merchant boat which capsized in Kogi on Friday.