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  "id": 8244481,
  "title": "“No Nigerian should lose right to life in custody” — Atiku on Niger deaths",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/no-nigerian-should-lose-right-to-life-in-custody-atiku-on-niger-deaths",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T12:10:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/18/no-nigerian-should-lose-right-to-life-in-custody-atiku-on-niger-deaths/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded justice over the deaths of Nigerians who died while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State. Atiku said those who died were human beings whose lives and dignity should have been protected while in […] “No Nigerian should lose right to life in custody” —…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Atiku demands accountability over deaths of suspected miners in NSCDC custody",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/atiku-demands-accountability-over-deaths-of-suspected-miners-in-nscdc",
        "published": "2026-09-18T12:00:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Niger State imposes 24-hour curfew after suspects die in NSCDC custody",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/niger-state-imposes-24-hour-curfew-after-suspects-die-in-nscdc-custody",
        "published": "2026-09-18T13:59:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ripples Nigeria",
        "title": "Atiku demands justice for miners who died in NSCDC custody",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/atiku-demands-justice-for-miners-who-died-in-nscdc-custody",
        "published": "2026-09-18T14:27:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Niger mining tragedy: NSCDC officials sprayed unknown substance on miners – Survivor alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/niger-mining-tragedy-nscdc-officials-sprayed-unknown-substance-on",
        "published": "2026-09-18T15:50:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}