The Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF) and Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has expressed his condolences to…
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President Bola Tinubu on Saturday canceled all official events in Lagos State, where he is spending the Christmas holidays, following…
Popular singer, Asake has come out to issue a statement following a stampede at his London show which left 4…
The death toll of Nigerian pilgrims in the Saudi Arabia stampede has risen from 54 to 64, the National Hajj…
President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) today expressed sadness over the calamity which occurred on Thursday in Saudi Arabia, which claimed the…
The Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad, on Friday called on the Saudi Arabian authorities to…
A Nigerian labour union on Monday staged a protest over a deadly weekend stampede at a recruitment drive and demanded the interior minister’s resignation. At least seven job-seekers were killed when a stampede broke out on Saturday at the national stadium…
Lots of finger-pointing in Nigeria, after a deadly stampede at a job fair. Nigerian officials say at least 16 people died when 500,000 people were invited to apply for fewer than 5,000 government jobs. Joining VOA’s Vincent Makori on the phone with…