Death toll rises to 42 after boat accident in central Nigeria

ABUJA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of a boat accident earlier this week in Niger State in central Nigeria has risen to 42, as more bodies were recovered Friday, a local official said.

Abdullahi Baba-Arah, head of the State Emergency Management Agency, told reporters that at least 17 more bodies had been recovered since Thursday, six of them found early Friday.

At least 25 bodies were earlier confirm