The Fulham and Nigeria star has been giving out free food, including turkeys, to local residents struggling to pay for their Christmas dinner. BBC Sport Africa went along to Alexpress to see Iwobi in action behind the till.
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.
In the third such incident this week, at least 22 people were killed in a rush for free food at a charity event.
The death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events in Nigeria has increased from 13 to 32, police said Sunday. The victims, including at least four children, collapsed during crowd surges as people grew desperate for food items while the country grapples with the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
Three United Methodists were killed Dec. 15 when a church in Nigeria was attacked allegedly by supporters of the Global Methodist Church.
Authorities in Nigeria say 10 people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede in the capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food items distributed by a local church at a Christmas event.
My childhood memories was the annual visit with my family members to my hometown in Anioma part of the then Bendel State during Yuletide.
The victims collapsed in crowd surges as people grew desperate for Christmas church food handouts during the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.View on euronews
Nigerian police say the death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events has increased from 13 to 32
Gunna hit the stage at nearly 3 a.m. for a crowd of roughly 5,000 people (per festival representatives) packing out Lagos’s Eko Convention Center, a premier entertainment venue in the bustling West African metropolis.
Nigeria's inflation rate rose for the third straight month in November, advancing to 34.60% in annual terms from 33.88% in October, data from the statistics agency showed on Monday.