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  "id": 8473532,
  "title": "SERAP takes 37 deaths in NSCDC custody, Minna shootings to UN",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/serap-takes-37-deaths-in-nscdc-custody-minna-shootings-to-un",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T13:50:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ripples Nigeria",
    "slug": "ripples-nigeria",
    "url": "https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/serap-takes-37-deaths-in-nscdc-custody-minna-shootings-to-un/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged four United Nations Special Rapporteurs to urgently intervene over the reported deaths of 37 persons in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State and the reported use of lethal force against protesters in Minna. The 37 persons were reportedly […] The post SERAP takes 37 deaths in NSCDC…",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "FG names 10-member panel to probe deaths of 37 NSCDC detainees",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/fg-names-10-member-panel-to-probe-deaths-of-37-nscdc-detainees",
        "published": "2026-09-19T09:10:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "FG launches probe into 37 deaths in NSCDC custody, suspends 21",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/fg-launches-probe-into-37-deaths-in-nscdc-custody-suspends-21",
        "published": "2026-09-19T10:10:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "20 NSCDC officers suspended over deaths of detained suspected illegal miners",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/20-nscdc-officers-suspended-over-deaths-of-detained-suspected-illegal",
        "published": "2026-09-19T12:58:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Miners’ deaths: NSCDC replaces suspended Niger Commandant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/miners-deaths-nscdc-replaces-suspended-niger-commandant",
        "published": "2026-09-19T14:29:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}