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Illegal Mining: Niger sets up panel to probe deaths of 37 detainees in NSCDC custody, commandant suspended

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Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State. [PHOTO CREDIT: Umaru Mohammed Bago]

Niger State has constituted a committee to investigate the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in NSCDC custody and ordered autopsies to establish the cause.

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