Twenty-two people were killed as people queued outside a centre distributing rice in the southern town of Okija, police said, after previously warning "many" were dead as a result of the incident.



Death toll rises to 32 in Nigeria's deadly food distribution stampedes

Nigerian police on Sunday raised the total death toll from two stampedes at food distribution centres to 32, as the country grappled with a spate of deadly crowd crushes at charity events.

More than a hundred people reportedly have died after a boat capsized. The all-crowded boat capsized on Monday morning and even enough according to reports, the rescue teams are trying to locate those who are said to be missing. The celebrations turned mourning when the boat which was carrying over 250 pounds just traveling from a wedding capsized in North Central Kwara State and more than half of the victims were from one Nigerian Village.

110 people die as boat capsizes in Nigeria