Water Scarcity: 17-year-old girl drowns inside Niger river A 17-year-old girl has tragically drowned while trying to fetch water in Niger Sate, throwing community members into mourning. The deceased, identified as Elizabeth, was said to have gone to the river to fetch water for domestic use, in Koropka, a suburb of Minna, the Niger State capital. According to a resident, Zakari Lambata, who confirmed the incident, Elizabeth, her sister and some other residents had gone to the river to fetch water when the incident happened. “The elder sister of the girl ran to...