Niger State

Niger State
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Niger Miners’ Deaths: NSCDC Officer Breaks Down, Recounts Miners’ Final Moments

An officer in charge of the detention facility of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State, Assistant Superintendent of Corps Usman Isah Ndamaka, has admitted that he failed to prevent the deaths of 37 miners held in the facility. Ndamaka made the admission while testifying before the Justice Mohammed Mohammed Judicial

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CSOs Urge Due Process in Probe into Niger Deaths

By Our Correspondent The Centre for Peace, Transparency and Accountability (CPTA) and other allied civil society organisations have called for restraint, objectivity and due process in the ongoing investigation into the deaths of suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State. The groups, while supporting

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