Politics● LowSep 19 · Sep 19, 2026, 2:29 PM
Nigeria names panel to probe deaths of 37 miners held in detention
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from RFI [en] · Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria's government has appointed a 10-member independent panel to investigate the deaths of 37 people while they were held in custody on suspicion of illegal gold-mining in Niger state.
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