Stampedes during three Christmas charity events across Nigeria have left at least 67 people dead in the past week, many of them children.

At least 32 people were killed in crowd crushes at two separate charity events in Nigeria on Saturday, police have reported.

Three United Methodists were killed Dec. 15 when a church in Nigeria was attacked allegedly by supporters of the Global Methodist Church.

Nigerian police say the death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events has increased from 13 to 32.

In the third such incident this week, at least 22 people were killed in a rush for free food at a charity event.

Nigeria has lifted a ban on mining exploration in the northwestern state of Zamfara after a five-year suspension, the mining minister said, citing improved security.

Nigeria striker Ademola Lookman said that switching his playing nationality from England to the Super Eagles in 2022 was key to his current success.

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.

Nigerian police say the death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events has increased from 13 to 32

In the lead up to Christmas ,stampedes at several charity events have caused the deaths of at least sixty-seven people in Nigeria.

My childhood memories was the annual visit with my family members to my hometown in Anioma part of the then Bendel State during Yuletide.

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of an Icelandic saint, Bartolom de las Casas meets with the king of Spain, and a wave of Christmas bombings in Nigeria