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Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu visits the site of a collapsed high-rise building in the city, which has killed at least 22 people and left many more trapped under the rubble. Sanwo-Olu expresses his "deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of people that might have been involved in this very unfortunate, tragic, monumental national loss." IMAGES
Images of the damaged boat which capsized on May 9 in the Shagari River in northwest Nigeria with some 40 children onboard. Fifteen children drowned and 25 others are still missing according to a local official. The children were on their way from Dundeji village in Sokoto State to collect firewood in the bush on the other side of Shagari river when their overloaded boat sank. IMAGES
Former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu is announced the winner of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) primary as its candidate for the 2023 presidential election to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. SOUNDBITE
Villagers flee their homes with their belongings a day after gunmen killed 16 people in their village of Tiortyui, some 30 kilometres away from Makurdi, in Nigeria's central Benue state. Eight people were killed in another attack in a village nearby, bringing the toll to 24, as violence caused by heavily armed criminal gangs intensifies across the region. IMAGES
Primary and secondary schools are closed following restrictions imposed by the authorities in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara a day after 73 students were kidnapped by gunmen in the latest in a series of mass abductions targeting pupils. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.