The Pakistan Times

 SOKOTO, Nigeria, 21 August 2026 (News Desk) — At least 50 people, mostly children, were killed after an overloaded boat capsized on Thursday in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state, witnesses and officials said. The accident occurred near Gorau in the Goronyo local government area, where rescue operations were continuing, said Abdulkadir Yusuf, an area manager at the National Inland Waterways Authority.A Reuters witness saw 50 bodies, many wrapped in mats and traditional cloth, lying in the courtyard of a community mosque ahead of the...