20 drown in Nigeria

By Xinhua News Agency

Dec 03, 2021 1:13 am

ABUJA: At least 20 people were killed and seven others hospitalized after an overloaded boat capsized Tuesday evening in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, local authorities said on Wednesday. 'The boat was ferrying about 50 people with some loads. It capsized because of overloading. Most of the passengers were Islamiyyah students,' the office of Gov. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said in a statement on the 'state tragedy.'

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