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Niger State imposes 24-hour curfew after suspects die in NSCDC custody

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

The Niger State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew across Minna, the state capital, as tension rises over the deaths of about 37 suspected illegal miners in custody.

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