Tag: Stampede
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Several feared dead after stampede at Customs office in Lagos
Adewale Adeniyi the Comptroller General of Customs, had announced that the distribution of seized food items would commence on Friday the 23rd of February. The requirements for collection of the rice was, National Identification Number (NIN) and the sum of N10,000 for
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33 minors among dead in Indonesian football stampede
At least 33 minors were among those killed in a stampede at an Indonesian football stadium at the weekend, an official confirmed on Tuesday. The youngest identified so far out of the 125 people killed was a toddler about three or four years old, said Nahar, a deputy at the Ministry for
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Indonesia Pitch Stampede: It’s dark day for football – FIFA
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) President, Gianni Infantino, has said that the stampede that happened at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Indonesia was a dark day for football. The incident claimed 174 lives after police fired tear gas in the air to disperse angry fans who invaded the pitch after Persebaya Surabaya beat Arema FC…
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The road to destruction is straight – By Owei Lakemfa
The Kings Assembly Pentecostal Church, in Port Harcourt announced that it would be handing out food packs to the needy from 9am on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Envisaging a large turn-out in Nigeria’s oil-rich city, the church wisely picked a mini-stadium as venue. What, however, it did not envisage, was a mammoth crowd which began…
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Buhari expresses sadness over deaths in Port Harcourt stampede
President Muhammadu Buhari says he is extremely saddened by the reported deaths of scores of worshippers during a stampede at a religious event in Port Harcourt, Rivers. Reacting to the incident in a statement issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday, the president admonished organisers of religious, political and other…
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Port Harcourt stampede: Rivers CP directs discrete investigations into incident
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Rivers, CP Friday Eboka, has given a directive for the conduct of discrete investigations into the Saturday stampede in Port Harcourt in which 31 persons died.
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VIDEO: 31 dead in stampede as church members rush for food stuffs [VIEWERS’ DISCRETION ADVISED]
The Police Command in Rivers State has confirmed the death of 31 persons in a stampede during an outreach programme organised by a new generation church, Kings Assembly, on Saturday in Port Harcourt.
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Seven feared dead in Borno as Red Cross food handout turns into stampede
Seven women were trampled to death in northeast Nigeria on Thursday in a crush during a food distribution by the International Committee of the Red Cross, a medical worker and residents said. Thousands of people thronged the distribution site in the town of Monguno in Borno State to receive aid from ICRC, but the situation…
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Jewish pilgrimage disaster in Israel leaves 44 persons dead in Meron
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuon Friday announced a full investigation into the stampede at a Jewish religious festival in northern Israel that left dozens dead. Netanyahu travelled to the site in the town of Meron, where he met police and others involved in rescue efforts. He called the events one of the greatest disasters to…
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Two die, many battered in Rivers stampede
Two individuals died and many sustained wounds yesterday following the stampede at a Christmas palliative sharing centre in Rumudara, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Port Harcourt. A source, who gave her name as Blessing, said owners of the warehouse invited everyone who registered with them in Obio/Akpor to come for their Christmas palliatives, but they…