Over 100 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria

LAGOS: Nearly 200 passengers reportedly went missing Friday after a boat capsized in Nigeria, officials said.

The boat carrying passengers, including women, traders, and farmers, capsized along the Dambo-Ebuchi stretch of River Niger in north-central Niger State,reports said.

"Many of them were going to the market,"locals said.

National Inland Waterway Authority spokesman Suleiman Makama said a search and rescue operation was underway.

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