The independent committee constituted by the federal government to investigate the deaths of 37 artisanal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State is expected to commence work today after its inauguration scheduled for 12 noon at the Federal Ministry of Interior in Abuja. Secretary of the [&h...
•Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abubakar Ahmed Audi and a survivor Dauda Shehu Some of the suspected illegal miners who shared same detention facility with the 37 suspects who died in custody have recounted their experience. At least 37 suspected illegal miners who were arrested by operatives of the Niger...
Properties worth millions of naira have been damaged in parts of Minna, the Niger State capital, as youths protested the deaths of 37 suspected illegal artisanal miners while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The protest, which began last night, escalated today morning and spread to several parts of [&hell...
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