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Politics● ElevatedSep 19 · Sep 19, 2026, 6:23 PM

Northern senators demand probe into deaths of miners in NSCDC custody

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Vanguard Nigeria · Sub-Saharan Africa

Senators from the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under the aegis of the Northern Senators Forum, NSF, have called for an independent, thorough and transparent investigation into the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State to ascertain the remote and immediate causes of the tragic incident. The post Northern senators demand probe into deaths of miners in NSCDC custody appeared first on Vanguard News.

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