Update at 7:18 a.m. ET: CNN quotes journalist Alkasim Abdulkadir as saying it appears that a car bomb went off in front of the building causing a wall to cave in.
Original post: An apparent bomb attack has leveled one wing of a U.N. building in Nigeria's capital and left several people dead, according to U.N. officials, the Associated Press reports.
The AP quotes Michael Ofilaje, a UNICEF worker at the building in Abuja, as saying he saw "scattered bodies" and that "many people are dead."
The BBC's Nigeria correspondent reports that emergency services are removing bodies from the building while a number of wounded are being rushed to the hospital.
Reuters quotes Ofilaje as saying he saw five bodies. Another witness confirms dead bodies were being carried into an ambulance, the news agency reports.
The AP quotes an Abuja police official as saying an anti-bomb squad was sent to the scene.
Although no group has claimed responsibility for the explosion, the BBC notes that a car bombing at police headquarters in June was blamed on the Islamist sect Boko Haram, a group which wants the establishment of sharia law in Nigeria.
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