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In 2022, a stampede at a church charity event in southern Nigeria left 31 people dead and seven injured, police told The Associated Press, a shocking development at a program that aimed to offer ...
Dozens killed in stampede at youth festival in Nigeria. Security forces arrest organisers of event, which was attended by about 5,000 people drawn by ‘exciting prizes’.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Ten people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede in Nigeria’s capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food items distributed by a local ...
Shinkafi was reacting to the stampede that occurred during food distributions in Ibadan, Oyo State, Anambra State and Abuja, calling for a state of emergency in food production and increased ...
At least 13 people were killed in two separate stampedes in Nigeria as large crowds gathered to collect food and clothing items distributed at annual Christmas events, police said.
Several children have died following a stampede during a school holiday fair in Nigeria. Authorities said the incident happened Wednesday at the Islamic High School, in Basorun, Oyo State. Seyi ...
At least three people were killed and several others injured in a stampede during a Hindu festival on Sunday in the coastal ...
Nigeria. Stampedes in Nigeria leave at least 32 dead during Christmas food distribution It is the second such stampede in a week in Africa’s most populous country.
At least 35 children have died after a stampede at a fair that was organized at a school in southwestern Nigeria. The event organizers have been arrested.
A stampede at a school fair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan has left 35 children dead and seriously injured six others, police said on Thursday. “Eight persons have since been ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Several children in southwestern Nigeria were killed Wednesday in a stampede during a holiday fair organized by a school, the local governor said.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say ten people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede in the capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food items ...