School collapse kills 22 pupils in Nigeria

People and rescuers gather at the scene of a collapsed two-storey building in Jos, Nigeria (AP)

A two-storey school has collapsed in Nigeria, killing 22 pupils, authorities said.

The Saints Academy college in the north-central Plateau state’s Busa Buji community collapsed shortly after pupils, many of whom were 15 years old or younger, arrived for classes in the morning.