Nigeria job-seekers killed in stampede

Slippers and clothing lie strewn on the floor in the Nigerian capital....the result of a deadly stampede.

Thousands of people came here to the national stadium in Abuja in the hope of finding a job.

It was full to capacity.

Outside tens of thousands more waited to take a test for the chance of work in the immigration service.

Desperate job seekers stampeded crushing several people to death.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) WOMAN SAYING:

"They can arrange these things ... the world is computerised these days. We are in a global world. There is a better way of doing things."

Scores were injured and hospitals were unable to cope.

The sheer size of the crowds is a testament to the vast numbers of unemployed in Nigeria. More than one third of the country's under 25s are jobless.