At least 32 people were killed in crowd crushes at two separate charity events in Nigeria on Saturday, police say. Some 22 people were killed at an event held in a community center in Okija in the southeastern state of Anambra, state police said on Sunday.

Nigeria has lifted a ban on mining exploration in the northwestern state of Zamfara after a five-year suspension, the mining minister said, citing improved security.

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.

In the third such incident this week, at least 22 people were killed in a rush for free food at a charity event.

In 2022, a stampede at a church charity event in southern Nigeria left 31 people dead and seven injured, police told The Associated Press, a shocking development at a program that aimed to offer hope to the needy. One witness said the dead included a pregnant woman and many children.

Three United Methodists were killed Dec. 15 when a church in Nigeria was attacked allegedly by supporters of the Global Methodist Church.

Nigerian police say the death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events has increased from 13 to 32.

My childhood memories was the annual visit with my family members to my hometown in Anioma part of the then Bendel State during Yuletide.

At least 35 children were killed and six others critically injured in a crowd crush at a funfair in the Nigerian city of Ibadan on Wednesday, police said.

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of an Icelandic saint, Bartolom de las Casas meets with the king of Spain, and a wave of Christmas bombings in Nigeria

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu is banking on an increase in oil revenue to help fund record spending outlined in the 2025 budget that he presented to parliament on Wednesday. The government envisions spending 49.7 trillion naira ($32 billion) and ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events in Nigeria has increased from 13 to 32, police said Sunday, with many of the victims collapsing during a crowd surge as people grew desperate for food items.