{"id":18736,"date":"2026-02-19T09:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=18736"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:01:32","slug":"nearly-40-killed-27-injured-in-lead-mine-explosion-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/02\/19\/nearly-40-killed-27-injured-in-lead-mine-explosion-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 40 killed, 27 injured in lead mine explosion in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: At least 38 miners were killed and 27 others were wounded following an explosion at a lead mine in Nigeria, according to media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agence France-Presse, cited by AfricaNews, reported that the deadly blast occurred at the Kampanin Zurak mine in the Bashar district of Plateau State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AFP, citing a confidential security report, said the miners are believed to have died from carbon monoxide poisoning following the explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have previously linked illegal mining activities to a rise in armed banditry, noting that criminal groups often extort protection payments from miners operating in remote areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fatal mining accidents are not uncommon in Nigeria. In September 2025, at least 18 people were killed in a separate explosion at a mine in Zamfara State, highlighting ongoing safety and security concerns in the country\u2019s mining sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: At least 38 miners were killed and 27 others were wounded following an explosion at a lead mine in Nigeria, according to media reports. Agence France-Presse, cited by AfricaNews, reported that the deadly blast occurred at the Kampanin Zurak mine in the Bashar district of Plateau State. AFP, citing a confidential security report, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18738,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18736\/revisions\/18738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}