DHAKA: At least 67 South Africans were killed when a church hostel belonging to Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua collapsed in Lagos last week.

South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma has said, reports the BBC.

It is not clear how many people died overall, as the previous death toll was put at 60.

It is the deadliest incident involving South Africans abroad ‘in our recent history’, Zuma said.

Joshua, one of Nigeria's best-known evangelists, is popular across Africa.

Nigerian authorities are often reluctant to release death tolls.

The multi-story building served as a guesthouse on the campus of the televangelist’s Synagogue, Church of All Nations.

BDST: 1625 HRS, SEP 17, 2014