Boat ferrying wedding guests in Nigeria's Kwara State sinks, leaving 103 people dead while 100 others survive, authorities say
More than 100 people have died in north central Nigeria after a boat carrying families returning from a wedding sank in a river, police and local authorities said.
The river boat was ferrying people in Kwara State when the accident happened, local police and the state governor's office said. Kwara State police spokesman Okasanmi Ajayi told the AFP news agency that 103 people had died and 100 had survived.
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