In a dark sign of descending security in Africa's most populous country, a Catholic priest has been shot dead on the open road in southeast Nigeria on Boxing Day. Accord ...

The Abuja stampede happened at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama. Meanwhile, the Anambra stampede occurred at ...

ABUJA, Nigeria ... organized a food distribution, local police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga said. Ten others died in the capital, Abuja, during a church-organized similar charity event.

It was a bitter and sad moments for Nigeria and particularly for the families ... The other two unfortunate cases took place at giveaway food charity events organised by a Catholic church and spirited ...

Stampedes during three Christmas charity events across Nigeria have left at least 67 people dead in the past week, many of them children. Families are struggling during the country's worst ...

Deadly stampedes across Nigeria have revealed the harsh realities of the country's economic crisis. Desperate Nigerians ...

At least 13 people, including four children, were killed in two separate stampedes in Nigeria as large crowds gathered to collect food and clothing items distributed at annual Christmas events.

Nigerians died in charity events that resulted in stampedes. The recent events in Ibadan, Anambra, and Abuja claimed 72 lives ...

And on the same day a separate stampede outside a church giving food to the "vulnerable and elderly" in the capital Abuja killed at least 10 people, prompting Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu to ...

Death toll in Nigeria food queue ... warning "many" were dead as a result of the incident. And on the same day a separate stampede outside a church giving food to the "vulnerable and elderly ...

Crowd surges occurred as people desperately sought food ... a church-organized similar charity event. Police said they were investigating the two incidents, only days after another stampede ...