A Nigerian archbishop insisted that a deadly stampede in a parish was the result of “empathy”, not negligence.

No one needs to die a “needless death” due to being hungry, says Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria ...

Abuja: At least 10 people, including four children, were killed in a stampede during a relief item distribution at a local church in the Maitama district of Abuja, the Nigerian capital.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja on Sunday, held a remembrance mass for the ten persons who lost their lives during the 21st ...

Ten people were killed Dec. 21 in a tragic weekend stampede at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, an upscale part of ...

A stampede outside a centre distributing rice to citizens in southern Nigeria killed 22 people ... on the same day a separate stampede outside a church giving food to the "vulnerable and elderly ...

More than a thousand people were evacuated from the church ... s not just happening in Nigeria; this kind of desperation is everywhere.” She said the December 21 stampede “is a stark reminder ...

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Amb. Nurain Mumuni has advised Nigerians not to attribute the recent ...

He also called upon President Bola Tinubu to fulfil his promises in his New Year‘s address, urging him to intensify ...

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 ...

The same day in Abuja, another tragedy struck when ten persons died during an annual Christmas food-sharing event at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama. There was also a stampede on Wednesday ...