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  "id": 8275367,
  "title": "Tinubu orders probe, prosecution of officials over deaths of 37 miners in NSCDC custody",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/tinubu-orders-probe-prosecution-of-officials-over-deaths-of-37-miners",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T16:53:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ripples Nigeria",
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    "url": "https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/tinubu-orders-probe-prosecution-of-officials-over-deaths-of-37-miners-in-nscdc-custody/"
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  "summary": "President Bola Tinubu has directed a comprehensive investigation into the deaths of suspected illegal miners who died while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Niger State. The President also ordered that any government official found to have played a role in the deaths through misconduct, abuse or negligence should […] The post Tinubu orders probe, prosecution of…",
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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"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-09-18T12:10:57.000Z"
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      {
        "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"
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        "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": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
        "title": "Tinubu orders probe of 37 dead illegal miners at NSCDC custody",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/tinubu-orders-probe-of-37-dead-illegal-miners-at-nscdc-custody",
        "published": "2026-09-18T14:58:49.000Z"
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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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