Hilary Uguru, Author at Valley News

In this image made from video taken on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, local people survey the scene after a church roof collapsed in Uyo, Nigeria. 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 Sunday. Mortuaries in the city of Uyo are overflowing from Saturday's tragedy, medical director Etete Peters of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital told The Associated Press. (Ukeme Eyibio via AP)

Church Collapse in Nigeria Kills 160

by Hilary Uguru Associated Press, and Michelle Faul Associated PressDecember 11, 2016

Warri, Nigeria — Mortuaries overflowed with bodies Sunday from a church collapse in southern Nigeria that killed at least 160 people, and worshippers said construction of the building had been rushed.Hundreds had been inside the Reigners Bible…

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Church Collapse in Nigeria Kills 160

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