Two children in north-western Nigeria have died after the building they were in collapsed, adding to the dozens who have lost their lives during weeks of severe flooding, the country’s disaster agency said.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) reported that the children died in Katsina, one of the seven north-western states hit particularly hard by flooding.
A third child was left with injuries following the building collapse, NEMA said.
On Thursday, the agency said at least 179 people across Nigeria have died as a result of the floods, while tens of thousands have been forced from their homes.
In a statement, the office of Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu said he had received “the news of the devastation wreaked by floods on communities and farmlands across the country with profound grief”.
