Eight dead and an estimated 100 people missing after the latest Nigeria boat accident

Eight passengers were confirmed dead and an estimated 100 were missing after their overloaded boat capsized in north-central Nigeria, the emergency services said Tuesday. It is the latest in a series of deadly boat accidents that increasingly point to regulatory failures. The passengers were being conveyed from Niger state’s Borgu district to a market in the neighboring Kebbi state on Monday afternoon when the boat overturned in the Niger River, according to Niger State Emergency Management Agency spokesman Ibrahim Audu.