Abuja: In a tragic incident, at least 31 people were killed in a stampede that erupted during charity event in a church. The incident took place in Port Harcourt city in southern Rivers State in Nigeria. A local church was distributing food and gifts.
Several stampede tragedies over food distribution were reported in Nigeria recently. Last year, 7 women were killed in a food programme in north Borno State. In 2013, 24 people died at an overcrowded church gathering in the southeastern state of Anambra. 16 people were killed in 2014 when a crowd got out of control during a screening for government jobs in the nation’s capital, Abuja.
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Although Nigeria is Africa’s largest petroleum producer, 4 out of 10 Nigerians live below the national poverty level. As per data released by World Bank, more than 80 million people live in poverty.
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