Nigeria school collapse kills several students, traps others

Jos, Nigeria: A school in central Nigeria collapsed on Friday, killing several students and trapping others who were heard crying out for help under t...

Jos, Nigeria: A school in central Nigeria collapsed on Friday, killing several students and trapping others who were heard crying out for help under the rubble, a rescue agency and witnesses said.

Parents desperately looked for their children at the Saint Academy in Jos North district of Plateau State after the building fell in on students taking their exams, an AFP correspondent at the site said.

"A two-storey 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.

"NEMA and other critical stakeholders are presently carrying out Search and Rescue operations," it said.

Officials did not give a precise toll, but a resident at the scene Chika Obioha told AFP he estimated eight people died at the site and dozens more had been injured.