No fewer than 41 people died yesterday after a boat carrying passengers capsized in Gorau community, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
But 11 people were rescued.
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has confirmed the accident.
The NIWA Area Manager in Sokoto, Mr Abdulkadir Yusuf, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto.
Yusuf said the boat was carrying about 82 persons, including the community leader in transit to a rice farm for harvest.
About a year ago, 10 people died in a boat mishap in Sokoto.
Last September, 10 residents of Zalla-Bango village who were running away from bandits in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, drowned. Their bodies were later recovered by villagers and fishermen.
Weeks earlier at Garin-Faji, also at Sabon Birni, over five people died while 21 others were rescued in a mishap. Another mishap also occurred at Kojiyo village in Goronyo Local Government Area.