Nigeria’s recurring boat disasters highlight chronic safety failures on inland waterways
Boat accidents have become a grimly familiar feature of life across Nigeria’s rivers, lagoons and coastal creeks, with another reported disaster once again underscoring the country’s long struggle to make its inland waterways safe. Communities along the Niger and Benue rivers, as well as in the Niger Delta and Lagos lagoon, rely heavily on wooden […]
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