In 2022, a stampede at a church charity event in southern Nigeria left 31 people dead and seven injured, police told The ...

A stampede outside a centre distributing rice to citizens in southern Nigeria killed 22 people, authorities said Sunday, the latest in a spate of such incidents in Africa's most populous country.

By Zainab Sulaiman The recent stampede in Nigeria, which resulted in the loss of numerous lives, has once again brought to the forefront the issue of selective justice in the country. While the ...

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. Thirty-five children have died during a ...

ABUJA, Nigeria -- 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 church at a ...

Most recently, the Nigeria Customs Service in February suspended its program to distribute seized bags of rice to needy residents following a deadly stampede at its Lagos office. The incident ...

Several children have died during a stampede on Wednesday at a holiday funfair in southwestern Nigeria, authorities said. The incident happened at the Islamic High School in Basorun, Oyo State ...

At least 32 people have been killed in a stampede at a religious festival in Nigeria attended by thousands of young people, a local official said. The incident occurred on Wednesday at an Islamic ...

DAILY POST also reported that over 35 people, mostly children, died during a stampede at a carnival in ... “With 39.6 million hectares of arable land, Nigeria has the potential to be a ...