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Niger Miners’ Deaths: NDRA Backs Arrest Of 24 NSCDC Personnel, Demands Probe

The Niger Delta Rights Advocates (NDRA) has backed the arrest and detention of 24 serving personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps...

Uche Kingsley - September 21, 2026

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NDLEA Busts N3.4bn Drug Haul, Arrests Fake Cop, Mechanic

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted illicit drugs worth more than N3.4 billion in a series of operations across several states...

Saladin Babagana - September 20, 2026

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37 Miners’ Death: Artisanal Miners’ President Demands Thorough Probe

Dantasidi: Government Must Protect, Not Criminalise, Artisanal Miners The National President of the National Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Cooperative Society (NASSMCS), Alhaji Abdullahi Dantasidi,...

Uche Kingsley - September 20, 2026

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37 Miners’ Deaths: IBB, Abdulsalami, CAN Demand Probe

Former military Heads of State, Generals Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, have joined other Nigerians in condemning the deaths of 37 suspected illegal...

Nnenna Nwankwo - September 20, 2026

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37 Miners Die in Niger Custody: Blood, Froth Found in Mouths, Burns on Bodies — Bago

The mystery surrounding the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger...

Shehu Danladi - September 20, 2026

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Miners’ Deaths: Bago Imposes 24-Hour Curfew on Minna

Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has imposed a 24-hour curfew across Minna, the state capital, following unrest linked to the deaths of suspected illegal...

Shehu Danladi - September 20, 2026

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Niger Mining Deaths: NBA Demands Probe of Mine Owners, Financiers

. The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has called for a thorough, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of 37 persons arrested over suspected illegal...

Uche Kingsley - September 20, 2026

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