At least 37 miners killed in Nigeria’s Plateau state from carbon-monoxide poisoning

The incident took place at a mining pit in Kampani at around 5:45am (local time) on Wednesday, reports stated.

1 min readFeb 18, 2026 09:16 PM IST First published on: Feb 18, 2026 at 09:16 PM IST
nigeria miningKampani is community in Nigeria's Wase where the incident has occurred.

At least 37 miners have died and 25 others were hospitalised due to carbon monoxide poisoning while they were underground at an informal mining site in Nigeria’s Plateau state.

The incident took place at a mining pit in Kampani at around 5:45am (local time) on Wednesday. Kampani is community in Wase, Reuters reported.

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