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In Nigeria, a boat capsize in Anambra state killed 76 people.

In Nigeria, a boat capsize in Anambra state killed 76 people.

Nigerian authorities said 76 people were killed in a boat capsizing in Anambra state, the country’s presidential office said.

“President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday expressed his condolences over the boat crash in Anambra state, which killed dozens of people. The boat, reportedly carrying 85 people, capsized in flooding in the Ogbaru district of the state, with emergency authorities confirming the death toll is 76 people,” the presidential office’s Twitter account said in a statement.


On Saturday, the local emergency agency said 76 people were missing in a boat capsizing in Anambra state.