- A school collapse in Jos North district of Plateau State, Nigeria, killed several students and trapped others.
- The Saint Academy, a two-story building, collapsed on students taking exams.
- The National Emergency Management Agency and other stakeholders are conducting search and rescue operations.
On Friday, a school collapse in central Nigeria killed several students and trapped others who were heard crying out for help under the rubble, according to a rescue agency and witnesses. At the Saint Academy in Jos North district of Plateau State, parents desperately searched for their children after the building collapsed on students who were taking their exams, reported an AFP correspondent at the site.
“A two-story building housing Saint Academy… in Busa Buji in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State collapsed this morning killing several students,” the National Emergency Management Agency said in a statement.