ABUJA (Reuters) - Seven people have been killed in a stampede at Nigeria's national stadium during a recruitment drive for the immigration service, officials and witnesses said on Sunday.
The stampede late on Saturday shows the desperation for jobs in Africa's second biggest economy and most populous nation, where oil wealth has enriched elites and grown the economy by more than 6 percent a year but has failed to create employment.
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