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26 November 2024 –

Five people are killed and 20 others are reported missing when a motorboat capsizes in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. (Reuters)

24 October 2024 –

Eight people are killed when a NNPC Limited Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bonny Island, Rivers State, Nigeria. (Daily Maverick) (BBC News Pidgin)

16 October 2024 – 2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion

At least 180 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when a gasoline tanker overturns and explodes in Majiya, Jigawa State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)

7 October 2024 –

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports more than 350 deaths from cholera in Nigeria this year, which is more than twice as many than in the same period last year. (DW)

2 October 2024 –

More than 100 people, mostly women and children, are missing after a wooden boat carrying 300 people sinks in the Niger River near Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria. At least 150 people are rescued and 16 bodies are recovered. (DW) (Al Jazeera)

17 September 2024 –

At least 25 children are killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria, when a bus carrying Muslims celebrating Mawlid crashes. (Al Arabiya)

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