According to Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the two-story building crumbled in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, leaving an additional 30 individuals hospitalised.
All the students were of the same coaching academy and were staying in its five different hostels in the city. The sick aspirants were undergoing treatment at Government MY hospital in the city.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Thursday that the government is taking the incident of illness of female students at Bodhjung Girls School very seriously.
At least 25 people died and more than 60 people were hospitalised after reportedly consuming illicit liquor in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district, officials said on Thursday.
Nearly a dozen people were hospitalised due to heat exhaustion in Phoenix, Arizona as they were waiting in line for an event featuring former President Donald Trump, reported The Hill.