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.

On Saturday, at least 13 people, including four children, were killed in two stampedes in Nigeria as crowds gathered for food and clothing at Christmas events. Ten people lost their lives in a stampede during the early morning hours at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama,