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Seven killed in Nigeria stampede at recruitment drive (9 stories)

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Nigeria - News March 16, 2014

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Job-seekers appling for work at the Nigerian immigration department scramble as their exam papers fly in the air, on the pitch of Abuja National Stadium, on March 15, 2014.

At least 16 people were killed in desperate stampedes for government jobs in Nigeria when hundreds of thousands were invited to apply for fewer than 5,000 positions, officials and activists said Sunday.

Drops of rain fell on Josephine Miller's 1920s bungalow - a watery relief in the midst of a punishing drought.

The Nigerian Navy said it has destroyed 260 illegal oil refineries and burned 100,000 tons of contraband fuel, but critics say this targeting of small-time criminals fails to confront the biggest culprits in oil thefts - the politically-connected criminal cartels who sell on the international market.

The Nigerian Navy says it destroyed 260 illegal oil refineries and burned 100,000 tons of contraband fuel to try to halt oil thefts bedeviling the economy of Africa's biggest petroleum producer.

A machine gun is seen on a sandbag on a boat off the Atlantic coast in Nigeria's Bayelsa state December 19, 2013.

At least seven job seekers died on Saturday at the Abuja National Stadium while scrambling to secure seats for a recruitment test into the Nigerian Immigration Service.a a aThe National Hospital, less than a kilometre away from the stadium, received the bodies and confirmed the casualty figure.a a aThe stampede ensued after the over 20,000 job ... (more)

For news details visit : http://www.nation.com.pk/international/16-Mar-2014/seven-dead-as-job-seekers-stampede-at-nigerian-stadium For news details Read on : Seven dead as job-seekers stampede at Nigerian stadium ABUJA : At least seven people were killed and dozens were injured in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Saturday after thousands of panicked ... (more)

Abuja: At least seven people were killed and dozens were injured in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Saturday after thousands of panicked job-seekers stampeded during a government recruitment drive at the national stadium.

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