BREAKING: Nigeria Protests Turn Deadly After 37 Miners Die In NSCDC Custody In Niger State
Anger don spill for streets of Minna, Niger State capital after 37 miners die for custody of security forces.
The miners die on Thursday, September 18, 2026 inside the cells of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) after the agency raid suspected illegal gold mines for Wushishi-Lukoto area, west of Minna on September 15 and 16.
The NSCDC say na suspected disease outbreak kill them, but survivors wey talk to Associated Press say the miners suffocate inside overcrowded, unventilated cell for Borgu. Many of the victims na children.
The death spark serious protest for Minna on Friday. Dozens of young people, including miners and their relatives, gather near the civil defence corps office to demand justice.
Witnesses say Nigerian security forces open fire as hundreds of people take to the streets and police fire tear gas at protesters.
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, don impose overnight curfew for Minna and say government go fully investigate the 37 deaths.
Protests don continue for second day for Minna as tension high.
This na developing story — more updates go follow.
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