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Nigeria: Govt Probes Deaths of 37 Suspected Illegal Miners in Minna, Names 20 Suspended NSCDC Officers

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[This Day] The federal government has constituted a 10-member independent committee to investigate the deaths of the 37 suspected illegal miners detained last Thursday by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, the Niger State capital. [RFI] Nigeria's government has appointed a 10-member independent panel to investigate the deaths of 37 people while they were held in custody for illegal mining in north-central Nigeria.

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