A ship with 160 passengers capsized in Nigeria

Dozens of people have gone missing in Nigeria due to the capsizing of a ship carrying 160 passengers.
This was reported on Wednesday by Agence France-Presse, citing local authorities.

So far, only 22 surviving passengers have been found, and another person has died, said Abdullahi Bukhari Wara, a spokesman for the Ngaski local government district in Kebbi state, adding that the search for the missing continues.

It is also reported that the vessel was not supposed to take on board more than 80 people.