Nigerian security forces fire on protesters over deaths of detained miners
How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.
OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN
HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 4 HEADLINES
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2026-09-18
At least 37 suspected illegal miners die in custody in Nigeria
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2026-09-18
At least 37 suspected illegal miners die in custody in central Nigeria
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2026-09-19
37 Suspected Illegal Miners Die in Nigerian Custody; Causes Disputed
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2026-09-19
Nigerian security forces fire on protesters over deaths of detained miners
WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER
From the first reports to the latest
- Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.
Entered the story later
- Umar Bago · from 18 Sep 15:45, 2 outlets
- Olubunmi Tunji · from 18 Sep 15:45, 2 outlets
Figures reported with different numbers
- suspected illegal: 37 (3 from 18 Sep 00:27) → 14 (1 from 18 Sep 06:45)
Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.