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Assistant Commandant of Corps John Onoja Attah refuted allegations that the specialised NSCDC Mining Marshals were deployed to the September 16 incident at M.I. Wushishi Housing Estate in Minna, stating that the suspended Niger State commandant had no authority to mobilise the unit.
Unidentified armed men attacked two Nigeria Immigration Service officers on a routine patrol along the Tunga Taya–Woro road in Niger State on 6 October 2026, killing Assistant Superintendent I.U. Babangida and leaving Inspector A.K. Musa seriously injured.
The Nigeria Immigration Service confirmed that an officer was slain and a fellow inspector wounded in a bandit attack on a surveillance mission along the Tungan Waya‑Woko axis in Niger State on October 6.
Niger State Governor Umaru Bago claimed a UNICEF report warned that by 2027 no male pupils would be in Grade 7 in Shiroro and Munya LGAs due to artisanal mining. UNICEF has confirmed no such study exists, rendering the claim false.