Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- A fire broke out on Wednesday night at the Nigerian Law School's Kano Campus hostel, destroying the entire building and leaving students with losses.

The fire consumed valuable belongings, including clothes, documents, and electronic devices such as laptops.

While all students and staff were safely evacuated, many students are now distressed as the fire occurred just two weeks before their final bar examinations. Affected students were left with only the clothes they had on at the time.

A statement from the Nigerian Law School Muslim Students' group confirmed the scale of the damage, describing the students' losses as devastating.

Video footage shows students attempting to extinguish the fire without the assistance ...