Miners’ death: Rioters destroy APC secretariat, banks, private business also hit

By our reporter 18.9.2026
Youths protesting the death of 37 miners in Minna Niger State have vandalised the All-Progressive Congress secretariat and several other public and private property.
The youths who had earlier been dispersed by the police stormed the APC secretariat along Bosso Road in the Niger State capital damaging parts of the building and forcing occupants to flee.
This followed the death of 37 miners who were detained by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). There protests erupted on the streets of Minna on Friday as gory pictures of the dead miners spread on the internet after the victims died on Thursday.
Protests have been reported in several parts of Minna, including Tunga, Maitumbi and Bosso Road, with some government and private properties also damaged.
Following the protests the Niger State government has declared a curfew and three days mourning for the victims
Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago said the unrest had spread to political party offices, businesses and government facilities.
“The State Transport Company, all the buses we have there have been vandalised Sterling Bank hit. Party offices destroyed, people’s businesses destroyed,” Bago said.