Tribune Online Watery graves: How travelling by boats have become deathbeds of the poor in Northern Nigeria Olakunle Maruf, Attahiru Ahmed, Adelowo Oladipo and Tola Adenubi report on the rising cases of boat accidents that conitnued to claim lives in Northern Nigeria. ONCE regarded as the lifelines of trade, farming, and daily travel, the rivers of northern Nigeria have in recent weeks become watery graves. A string of boat mishaps has left […] Watery graves: How travelling by boats have become deathbeds of the poor in Northern Nigeria Tribune Online