The presidency on Monday accused the former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi of benefitting from people’s ...

The number of dead from a crowd crush in the south-east town of Okija in Nigeria has risen to 22, police say. It is the third case this week of people being crushed to death at events where free ...

At least 32 people were killed in crowd crushes at two separate charity events in Nigeria on Saturday, police have reported.

A businessman, Mr. Obele Ugo, has said he lost three persons during the stampede that claimed many lives at the Okija ...

More stakeholders have expressed grief over the tragic deaths caused by a stampede during a Christmas rice-sharing event in ...

Several people were killed or injured after crowd stampedes Saturday in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, and in the southern town of Okija, the Nigerian president's office said. "President Bola ...

In a separate incident in Okija in Anambra State in southern Nigeria, three people were killed in a crush at a charity event organised by a philanthropist, state police said. “The event had not ...

Nigerian police say the death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events has increased from 13 to 32 ABUJA, Nigeria -- The ... Anambra state’s Okija town, where a philanthropist ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from stampedes ... The dead included 22 people in southeastern Anambra state’s Okija town, where a philanthropist on Saturday organized a food distribution ...