Scores feared dead in Nigeria boat accident
ABUJA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Scores of people were dead after a wooden boat carrying over 200 passengers and crew capsized at a section of the River Niger, one of the two largest rivers in Nigeria, Friday morning, local authorities said.
The boat, carrying mainly market women and farm laborers from Kogi to a weekly market in Niger -- Kogi and Niger are two states in the country's central region -- capsized midway,