Focus on Africa - Nigeria probes the deaths of miners in custody
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BBC reporter Madina Maishanu takes us inside the cells where 37 artisanal miners died last week. Nigeria’s Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo says a panel investigating the deaths in Niger State will examine the circumstances of their arrest, detention and whether they were tortured or denied medical care.
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Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna
Producers: Blessing Aderogba and Bella Twine
Technical Producer: Herbert Masua
Senior Producer: Charles Gitonga
Editors: Daniel Dadzie and Maryam Abdalla
Published on Tuesday, 22nd September 2026.
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