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Nigerian Church Collapses, 160 Dead, Says Hospital Director
Metal girders and the roof of a crowded church collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria, killing at least 160 people with the toll likely to rise, a hospital director said on Sunday.
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At Least 160 Killed As Crowded Church Collapses In Nigeria
A hospital director says 160 people were killed when a church roof collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria.
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Nigeria Silent on Fatal Church Building Collapse Probe
Nigerian officials were tight-lipped on Tuesday about the scope of a probe into a fatal church building collapse in Lagos that killed 115, as anger mounted against the popular preacher in charge.
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Survivor of Nigeria Church Collapse Tells of Days in Darkness
Lying in the rubble of the guesthouse, only able to tell if it was night or day through a tiny crack, Lindiwe Ndwandwe heard the screams of others beneath the debris slowly turn silent.
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Nigerian Leader Visits Collapsed Building as Death Toll Hits 86
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited the collapsed guesthouse at a mega-church in Lagos, promising to investigate the cause of the tragedy as the death toll hit 86, rescuers said on Saturday.
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Lagos Building Collapse Survivor Recounts Ordeal
A Nigerian man on Friday claimed that he spent over 24 hours under the rubble of a Lagos church building, blaming "Satan" rather than structural failure for the collapse that killed at least 84 people.
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84 South Africans Killed in Nigeria Church Collapse: Official
The number of South Africans known to have died in the collapse of a multi-storey megachurch in Lagos last week has risen to 84, Pretoria's high commissioner to Nigeria said on Friday.
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South Africa Says Unknown Number of Its Citizens Unaccounted For After Nigeria Church Collapse
Around 300 South Africans were visiting a Pentetcostal church in Nigeria last week where a wing collapsed killing more than 60 people and an unknown number were still unaccounted for, the government said.
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Nigeria Church Building Collapse Kills at Least 17
At least 17 people were killed when a guest house under construction at the Lagos headquarters of one of Nigeria's best-known Christian evangelical pastors collapsed, rescue officials said on Saturday.
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Nigerian Church Collapses, 160 Dead, Says Hospital Director
Metal girders and the roof of a crowded church collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria, killing at least 160 people with the toll likely to rise, a hospital director said on Sunday.
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At Least 160 Killed As Crowded Church Collapses In Nigeria
A hospital director says 160 people were killed when a church roof collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria.
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Nigeria Silent on Fatal Church Building Collapse Probe
Nigerian officials were tight-lipped on Tuesday about the scope of a probe into a fatal church building collapse in Lagos that killed 115, as anger mounted against the popular preacher in charge.
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Survivor of Nigeria Church Collapse Tells of Days in Darkness
Lying in the rubble of the guesthouse, only able to tell if it was night or day through a tiny crack, Lindiwe Ndwandwe heard the screams of others beneath the debris slowly turn silent.
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Nigerian Leader Visits Collapsed Building as Death Toll Hits 86
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited the collapsed guesthouse at a mega-church in Lagos, promising to investigate the cause of the tragedy as the death toll hit 86, rescuers said on Saturday.
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Lagos Building Collapse Survivor Recounts Ordeal
A Nigerian man on Friday claimed that he spent over 24 hours under the rubble of a Lagos church building, blaming "Satan" rather than structural failure for the collapse that killed at least 84 people.
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84 South Africans Killed in Nigeria Church Collapse: Official
The number of South Africans known to have died in the collapse of a multi-storey megachurch in Lagos last week has risen to 84, Pretoria's high commissioner to Nigeria said on Friday.
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South Africa Says Unknown Number of Its Citizens Unaccounted For After Nigeria Church Collapse
Around 300 South Africans were visiting a Pentetcostal church in Nigeria last week where a wing collapsed killing more than 60 people and an unknown number were still unaccounted for, the government said.
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Nigeria Church Building Collapse Kills at Least 17
At least 17 people were killed when a guest house under construction at the Lagos headquarters of one of Nigeria's best-known Christian evangelical pastors collapsed, rescue officials said on Saturday.
