Overview

• Local chairman Abdullahi Baba Ara said the death toll has risen to 60, while state emergency officials maintain 29 bodies recovered, 50 rescued and two missing.
• The vessel left Tungan Sule in Malale district around late morning on Tuesday bound for Dugga for a condolence visit with more than 100 people aboard.
• Authorities say the boat struck a submerged tree stump near the Gausawa community on the Kainji reservoir, causing it to capsize.
• Women and children were reported to be the majority of the victims, according to the district head of Shagumi, Sa’adu Inuwa Muhammad.
• Emergency personnel and local divers continue search-and-recovery operations as officials highlight chronic overcrowding and weak safety enforcement on Nigeria’s waterways during the rainy season.