{"id":172345,"date":"2025-08-03T22:17:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T21:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap"},"modified":"2025-08-04T00:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T23:10:49","slug":"eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap","title":{"rendered":"Eight girls die in Jigawa canoe mishap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Tragedy struck in Jigawa as eight girls drowned when a canoe carrying 15 youngsters capsized while crossing the Zangwan Maje river in Taura Local Government Area,<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the accident occurred at about 8:15 p.m. on Saturday when the children were travelling from Zangwan Maje to Jijin Gunka amid strong winds and overflowing river currents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFifteen children were on board the canoe when it capsized. Seven were rescued alive, while the bodies of the eight others, all females, were later recovered and handed over to their families,\u201d said some sources.<\/p>\n<p>The sources told Zagazola that the incident was likely caused by overflooding of the river and violent windstorms that overwhelmed the local canoe.<\/p>\n<p>Local divers and community members responded swiftly to the incident, leading to the rescue of the survivors and recovery of the bodies.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities advised residents to avoid crossing swollen rivers, especially during the rainy season, and to prioritise the use of life jackets and safer alternatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Tragedy struck in Jigawa as eight girls drowned when a canoe carrying 15 youngsters capsized while crossing the Zangwan Maje river in Taura Local Government Area, It was gathered that the accident occurred at about 8:15 p.m. on Saturday when the children were travelling from Zangwan Maje to Jijin Gunka amid strong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":172344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[18250,708,254],"class_list":["post-172345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-canoe-mishap","tag-jigawa","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eight girls die in Jigawa canoe mishap - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tragedy struck in Jigawa as eight girls drowned when a canoe carrying 15 youngsters capsized while crossing the Zangwan ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eight girls die in Jigawa canoe mishap\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tragedy struck in Jigawa as eight girls drowned when a canoe carrying 15 youngsters capsized while crossing the Zangwan ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-03T21:17:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-03T23:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250168.4057.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"919\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Eight girls die in Jigawa canoe mishap\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-03T21:17:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-03T23:10:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap\"},\"wordCount\":180,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250168.4057.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Canoe mishap\",\"Jigawa\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/eight-girls-die-in-jigawa-canoe-mishap\",\"name\":\"Eight girls die in Jigawa canoe mishap - 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