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.

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

Ten people, including four children, were killed in a stampede in Nigeria’s capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food and clothing items distributed by a local church at an annual Christmas event,