{
  "id": 8235831,
  "title": "Niger govt cancels APC rally, suspends NSCDC commandant over deaths of detained illegal mining suspects",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/niger-govt-cancels-apc-rally-suspends-nscdc-commandant-over-deaths-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T11:01:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/910538-niger-govt-cancels-apc-rally-suspends-nscdc-commandant-over-deaths-of-detained-illegal-mining-suspects.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Niger State Government has cancelled an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally scheduled for Saturday in Minna, following the deaths of about 37 persons detained by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) The post Niger govt cancels APC rally, suspends NSCDC commandant over deaths of detained illegal mining suspects appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .",
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      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Police order probe as 37 suspected illegal miners die in NSCDC custody",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/police-order-probe-as-37-suspected-illegal-miners-die-in-nscdc-custody",
        "published": "2026-09-18T07:53:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Niger govt probes deaths of 37 suspected miners",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/niger-govt-probes-deaths-of-37-suspected-miners",
        "published": "2026-09-18T09:29:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Niger miners’ deaths: No one culpable will be shielded, FG assures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/niger-miners-deaths-no-one-culpable-will-be-shielded-fg-assures",
        "published": "2026-09-18T12:46:42.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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