# Overloaded boat capsizes in Nigeria, around 40 bodies recovered, waterways authority says

https://mins.news/en/item/27422

- Reuters, 2026-08-20 14:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/overloaded-boat-capsizes-nigeria-around-40-corpses-recovered-waterways-authority-2026-08-20/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a871302c69d29000181afbf

> An overloaded boat capsized in Nigeria’s Sokoto state, and about 40 bodies had been recovered, a local official with the inland waterways authority said on Thursday.

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