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Focus on Africa

Nigeria probes the deaths of miners in custody

22 September 2026

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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