Following the identification of 11 more bodies of Nigerians who died in the recent stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, the total number of dead Nigerians has risen to 75.
Vanguard reports that the spokesman of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Alhaji Uba Mana, disclosed this in a telephone interview on Saturday. He put the total number of missing pilgrims at 241.
Mana had earlier put Nigeria's casualty figures at 64 dead and 71 injured.
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