The Nigerian death toll at the Hajj stampede has hit 64.
This was revealed by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) which said in Mecca that 10 more bodies were identified, raising the toll from 54 to 64.
The commission’s Public Affairs Director, Uba Mana, said 244 pilgrims were missing.The figure of the injured also jumped to 71 from 61 previously announced.
Mana also said 12 of the 71 injured pilgrims were transported to Saudi Arabia by tour operators and 59 by state pilgrims’ welfare agencies. He said the deceased were from Adamawa,Bauchi, Borno, Ekiti, Jigawa, FCT, Cross River, Gombe, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Plateau, Rivers Sokoto, Yobe, Taraba, and Zamfara.
Nigeria is now the third country with the highest number of casualties. Full list below
Iran: 228 dead and 246 missing
Egypt: 78 dead
Nigeria: 64 dead
India: 45 dead
Indonesia: 41 dead
Pakistan: 40 dead, more than 60 missing
Cameroon: at least 20 dead
Niger: 22 dead
Ivory Coast: 14 dead, 77 missing
Chad: 11 dead
Algeria: 9 dead
Somalia: 8 dead (media reports)
Morocco: 5 dead, 34 missing
Senegal: 7 dead, 57 missing
Libya: 4 dead, 16 missingTanzania: 4 dead
Kenya: 3 dead
Tunisia: 2 dead
Burkina Faso: 1 dead
Burundi: 1 dead (Muslim association)Netherlands: 1 dead
Benin: unspecified number of deaths
There was commotion on Sunday at the United Methodist Church, Mafoluku, in the Oshodi area of Lagos as members of the church chased away their pasto for allegedly impregnating his housemaid. It was learnt that the pastor, Barkuma Andrew, was stopped from leading the church seven months ago when the housemaid, who was also a member of the church, Grace, had complications after aborting the pregnancy. Andrew had lived with his wife, children, wife’s cousin, Favour, and Grace in a three-bedroomed flat on the church premises before the incident. It was gathered that the members had petitioned the Central Conference of the church in Taraba State to investigate the alleged accusation. Then sought the service of another pastor three weeks ago when the district reportedly failed to probe Andrew. At 10 am on Sunday, members of the church showed up for Sunday service only to see that Andrew and some “unknown” people had commenced the service. This angered the congregation which proceeded to cha
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