WIRE โ€” Illegal miners have killed a Mining Marshal of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State. LEADERSHIP Friday findings revealed that following the increasing number of illegal miners apprehended over the past year by the Mining Marshals, some of the illegal miners hired armed mercenaries to shield them from arrest and attack

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