World● ElevatedSep 21 · Sep 21, 2026, 5:10 AM
Nigeria: Families demand justice for 37 men who died in custody
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Africanews [en] · Sub-Saharan Africa
Families of some of the people who died in a Nigerian paramilitary civil defence force holding cell, on Saturday demanded justice as government appointed an independent panel to probe the deaths.
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