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  "id": 8267698,
  "title": "How 37 miners died inside NSCDC Niger custody — Survivors recount ordeal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/how-37-miners-died-inside-nscdc-niger-custody-survivors-recount-ordeal-8267698",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T16:12:42.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/how-37-miners-died-inside-nscdc-niger-custody-survivors-recount-ordeal/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Survivors recount how 37 suspected illegal miners died from suffocation in an overcrowded NSCDC cell in Minna, Niger State, sparking riots. Read More: https://punchng.com/how-37-miners-died-inside-nscdc-niger-custody-survivors-recount-ordeal/",
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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"
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      {
        "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."
}