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Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has met with members of the Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN), Niger State Chapter, and the Nigeria Union of Mine Workers (NUMW), Niger State Chapter, to commiserate with them over the deaths of...
The Niger State Police Command has secured and cordoned off the scene where a number of artisanal miners died while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, as it commenced a full...
The Federation of Nigerian Mining Host Communities (FNMHC) has expressed concern over the initial attribution by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) of the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in its custody in Minna, Niger State,...
*General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Retd).
Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Retd.), GCFR, has denied ownership of a gold mining site in Niger State linked to the death of 37 persons in NSCDC custody.
In an official press statement from...
The Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN) has commiserated with the families of artisanal miners detainees who recently died in custody in Niger State, even as it called on the federal government to ensure a full and thorough investigation...
*Hon Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo,Minister of Interior.
The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has constituted a ten-member independent committee to investigate the reported deaths of 37 people held by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger State Command, on...
A high-powered Federal Government delegation on Friday visited Minna, Niger State, to commiserate with the state government and families of suspected illegal miners who died while in custody following their arrest during a recent anti-illegal mining operation.The delegation, led...
*Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake.
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has deployed a high-powered team of officials to Niger State to investigate the deaths of detained persons in Minna, who were reportedly arrested on...
*President Bola Tinubu.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday ordered a full and transparent investigation into the deaths of suspected illegal miners detained by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) following enforcement operations around Lt.Gen. Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi...
The Federal Government has suspended the Niger State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Suberu Siyaka Aniviye, following the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the agency’s custody.
Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo ordered the immediate...
