A two-storey building housing Saints Academy School located in Busa Buji, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State collapsed on Friday morning, leaving scores injured.
The building caved in while school was in session as the secondary school students were receiving lectures.
Rescue operation is underway as security agencies and rescue operators battle with excavators to rescue students and teachers buried under the rubble.
The number of casualty figures has yet to be ascertained.
Meanwhile, some Corps members posted to Ekiti State have been injured following the collapse of the wall of one of the hostels in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in the Ise-Emure area of the state.
The hostel affected is the women’s section, which collapsed on Friday morning, as reported by sources at the camp
One of the sources said, “Yes, the wall of one of the female hostels collapsed this morning (Friday). It was the bathroom wall which caved in when they were planning to take their bath.
“But thank God, people rushed down there to retrieve them from the rubble. They have been stabilized at the clinic and they will get further medical treatments.”