Blast at illegal Nigerian oil refinery kills 37 people
Rivers State, Nigeria Reuters At least 37 people, including two pregnant women, were burned to death after a blast at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria, a local security official and community leader said on Tuesday. Illegal refining is common in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria as impoverished locals tap pipelines to […]
Desperate flight, then misery in a camp for Nigerians displaced by floods
Ogbogu, Nigeria Reuters After watching his four young children gobble up a meagre portion of beans straight from the saucepan, Nigerian farmer Gideon George will sleep on an empty stomach in the makeshift camp where the family ended up after their home was flooded. George said the children were so hungry he did not have […]
Updated: Children among 31 killed at church fair stampede in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria AP A stampede Saturday 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. The stampede at […]
At least 25, including minors, died in illegal refinery blast in Nigeria
Yenagoa, NigeriaReuters At least 25 people, including some minors, were killed in an explosion and fire at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria’s Rivers state on Friday, a local leader and a resident told Reuters on Sunday. “The casualties involved are very high…we are counting 25 bodies,” Ifeanyi Omano, a community leader, told Reuters, adding: […]