The Niger State Police Command has taken over the scene of the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners who died while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and commenced an investigation into the incident. The probe followed a directive by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, to establish […]
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a full and transparent investigation into the reported deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Niger State, as Governor Umaru Bago declared a 24-hour curfew in the state capital following protests over the incident. The President, in […]
At least 22 miners are feared dead after a mining pit collapsed at an illegal site within a national game reserve spanning Gashaka Local Government Area in Taraba State and Toungo Local Government Area in Adamawa State. Adamu Jamtare, a miner from Gashaka, stated that many of those affected were from Jamtare town in Gashaka […]
