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A stampede among jobseekers taking a recruitment test in the national stadium in the Nigerian capital Abuja has left many people dead and injured. A journalist for French news agency AFP said he had counted seven corpses. The stampede came during a recruitment exercise by the immigration department. Tens of thousands had turned up to take the test, according to reports. There is a high level of unemployment in Nigeria especially among young people. In 2011, it stood at 23.9%. Survivor Rosemary Ogida told AFP that she could remember being picked up by three men. �I cannot even imagine the number of people that stamped on me,� she said.