Nigeria, Christmas and stampede

Why did at least 67 people die in Christmas charity stampedes in struggling Nigeria?
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 cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
Crowd crushes at two charity events in Nigeria kill at least 32 people
At least 32 people were killed in crowd crushes at two separate charity events in Nigeria on Saturday, police have reported.
Ten people including children die in a stampede in Nigeria at a Christmas food distribution event
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 distributed by a local church at a Ch
Stampedes in Nigeria leave at least 32 dead during Christmas food distribution
The death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events in Nigeria has increased from 13 to 32, police said Sunday.
Stampedes in Nigeria leave at least 32 dead in rush to get Christmas gifts
The dead includes 22 people in southeastern Anambra state's Okija town, where a philanthropist on Saturday organized a food distribution
Several Killed In Nigeria In Crowd Stampedes
Two crowd stampedes, one in the capital Abuja and another in the southern town of Okija, have killed "many" people, the Nigerian president's office said Saturday, days after a similar tragedy.
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