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Nigeria boat accident: Villagers grieve more than 100 people drowned

Search efforts have ended in rural Nigeria after an overcrowded boat capsized. More than 100 people drowned in the accident. Police say those on the vessel were returning from a wedding. Nigeria’s president has ordered an investigation. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from the Nigerian village of Egboti where the community is struggling to cope with the disaster. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Nigeria #Nigerian #Boat #BoatAccident

Biafra: Young Nigerians renew calls for independence

The long struggle for pro-independence groups to separate Biafra from Nigeria is gathering pace, 50 years after a brutal civil war over a successionist rebellion. Now, it’s mainly young activists from southeastern Nigeria, also known as Igboland, that are demanding separation. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris, reports from their heartland in Umuahia in southeast Nigeria. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/