NBA DEMANDS PROBE INTO 37 NSCDC CUSTODY DEATHS
The Nigerian Bar Association has demanded a thorough, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of 37 persons in NSCDC custody in Minna, insisting that arrest does not extinguish the…
37 DIE IN NSCDC CUSTODY AS SURVIVOR ALLEGES 65 DETAINEES WERE CRAMMED INTO CELL
Disturbing survivor accounts have deepened the mystery surrounding the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in NSCDC custody in Niger State, with one detainee alleging that 65 people were packed…
PROBE ORDERED INTO DEATHS IN NSCDC CUSTODY
Deaths involving suspected illegal miners detained by the NSCDC in Niger State have triggered investigations by federal authorities, raising urgent questions about detention conditions, use of state power and custodial…
Two armed suspects arrested for terrorising Cross River miners
NSCDC operatives have arrested two suspected armed enforcers accused of terrorising licensed miners and illegally extracting solid minerals at a mining site in Yakurr, Cross River State.
Court Sentences Ansaru Commander to 15 Years Imprisonment
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted and sentenced Mahmud Usman, a commander of the proscribed terrorist group, Ansaru, to 15 years imprisonment for engaging in illegal mining…