At least 25 people have been rescued and 25 others are still missing two days after a boat carrying about 50 passengers capsized in Nigeria's northwestern Sokoto State, emergency services said on Tuesday.

At least 25 people are missing after a boat capsized Sunday on a river in northwestern Nigeria. Authorities say the boat was carrying people to a market in Sokoto state.

Divers have gone out on to the river to try and find the missing passengers Rescue workers in northern Nigeria are searching for more than 40 missing passengers after a boat accident in Sokoto state,