{"id":14422,"date":"2024-12-23T02:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T02:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/employer\/yohaig-nigeria-news-2\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T02:58:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T02:58:24","slug":"yohaig-nigeria-news-2","status":"publish","type":"employer","link":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/employer\/yohaig-nigeria-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Yohaig Nigeria News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigeria School Fair Stampede Kills 35 Children<\/b><\/p>\n

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This aerial photo reveals a general view of the city of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria, where the event occurred<\/p>\n

A stampede at a school funfair in the Nigerian<\/a> city of Ibadan has eliminated 35 children and seriously injured 6 others, cops stated on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The injured kids were receiving medical attention following the occurrence, which happened on Wednesday in Nigeria’s third-largest<\/a> city, Oyo State Police Command stated.<\/p>\n

“8 individuals have actually because been apprehended for their numerous involvements”, authorities spokesperson Adewale Osifeso stated in a declaration.<\/p>\n

Among those detained was the primary sponsor of the event at the Basorun Islamic High School, which was organised by the Wings Foundation and Agidigbo FM radio.<\/p>\n

The Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department has opened a probe, Osifeso included.<\/p>\n

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in a declaration “expressed extensive sadness over the terrible event”.<\/p>\n

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He offered his “sincere condolences” to locals, state authorities and the “mourning families who have lost their precious children”.<\/p>\n

He urged the “Oyo State government to take every essential measure to prevent such a catastrophe from persisting”, the statement<\/a> by the presidency added.<\/p>\n

“Among the important actions are a comprehensive review of all public occasions’ safety measures, rigorous enforcement of security policies, and regular security audits of occasion venues,” Tinubu included.<\/p>\n

– ‘Rest in peace’ –<\/p>\n

Nigeria has actually seen several lethal stampedes in recent months.<\/p>\n

In March, 2 students died and 23 were harmed after being crushed as thousands gathered free of charge bags of rice given out by local authorities at Nasarawa State University, in central Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Later that month, another stampede killed 4 ladies who had been waiting outside the office of a wealthy businessman in the northern city of Bauchi to collect 5,000 naira ($3.40) money gifts to help pay for food throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n

Witnesses said members of the crowd pressed to acquire the cash, causing a stampede, as Nigeria faced its worst financial crisis in a generation.<\/p>\n

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde had shared his condolences for the Ibadan victims on X on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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“Our hearts stay with the families and enjoyed ones affected by this tragedy. May the souls of the left rest in peace,” Makinde stated.<\/p>\n

“We sympathise with the parents whose delight has unexpectedly been turned to mourning due to these deaths,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","employer_category":[],"employer_location":[],"class_list":["post-14422","employer","type-employer","status-publish","hentry"],"cmb2":{"_employer_general":{"_employer_attached_user":"","_employer_email":"","_employer_founded_date":"","_employer_website":"","_employer_phone":"","_employer_featured":"","_employer_cover_photo":"","_employer_cover_photo_id":"","_employer_profile_photos":"","_employer_video_url":"","_employer_layout_type":""},"_employer_socials":{"_employer_socials":""},"_employer_map_location":{"_employer_address":"","_employer_map_location":""},"_employer_team_members":{"_employer_team_members":""},"_employer_employees":{"_employer_employees":[]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employer\/14422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/employer"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"employer_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employer_category?post=14422"},{"taxonomy":"employer_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employer_location?post=14422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}