37 miners death: Niger residents count losses as 12-hour curfew takes effect

• IBB denies ownership of mining site
From John Adams Minna
As normalcy gradually returns to Minna, the Niger State capital, after the violent protests that greeted the death of 37 miners in the custody of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday, residents are counting their losses following the destruction of properties by the rampaging youths.
Minna and its suburbs were engulfed in coordinated violent protests by youths after news of the death of the artisanal miners spread to town like wildfire.
Although shops, markets, banks, filling stations and other businesses were hurriedly shut down, the youths who were in their hundreds and scattered across t...