The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, has renewed his call for state governments across Nigeria to ban the use of wooden boats for commercial water transport, urging ...

Boat accidents continue to happen across Nigeria’s inland waterways, often resulting in fatalities, injuries, and the loss of valuable. These incidents have raised concerns about water transportation ...

The Lagos Area Office of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) warned boat operators on Sunday that it would henceforth, deregister and withdraw operational licences of indicted operators.

The boat, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt, was conveying the victims across River Niger for a programme at a traditional wedding ceremony in a community in Niger. The boat, conveying about 22 ...

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has renewed his call on state governments across the federation to urgently ban the use of wooden boats for commercial water transportation ...