The accused persons jointly organised a Christmas Fun Fair carnival event in Ibadam, which was meant to bring joy to children but ended in tragedy.

Following his release from prison in the Ibadan stampede case, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat on Tuesday, was captured in a video ...

Between October and December 2024, 25.1 million Nigerians were estimated to be acutely food insecure by the UN World Food ...

Several children have died during a stampede on Wednesday at a holiday funfair in southwestern Nigeria, authorities said. The incident happened at the Islamic High School in Basorun, Oyo State ...

Ten people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede in Nigeria's capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food items distributed by a local church at a Christmas event ...

At least 35 children have died after a stampede at a fair that was organized at a school in southwestern Nigeria. The event organizers have been arrested. Thirty-five children have died during a ...

Most recently, the Nigeria Customs Service in February suspended its program to distribute seized bags of rice to needy residents following a deadly stampede at its Lagos office. The incident ...

AN Oyo State High Court sitting at Ring Road, Ibadan, yesterday, reserved ruling till January 13, 2025, on the bail applications filed by the ex-queen, Naomi Silekunola; owner of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi ...

A stampede outside a centre distributing rice to citizens in southern Nigeria killed 22 people, authorities said Sunday, the latest in a spate of such incidents in Africa's most populous country.

OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP/AFP A stampede at a school funfair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan has killed 35 children and seriously injured six others, police said on Thursday. The injured ...