20 NSCDC Officers Suspended As FG Takes Fresh Actions over Niger Mass Deaths
The Federal Government has suspended 20 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), following the deaths of 37 persons detained on suspicion of illegal mining in the state. This is just as the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, also constituted a 10-member independent committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths. NaijaOnPoint […] The post 20 NSCDC Officers Suspended As FG Takes Fresh Actions over Niger Mass Deaths appeared first on Naijaonpoint.c
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The Federal Government has suspended 20 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), following the deaths of 37 persons detained on suspicion of illegal mining in the state. This is just as the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, also constituted a 10-member independent committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths. NaijaOnPoint […]
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- September 19, 2026
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- Sunnex Egbu
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