The Federal Government has arrested a total of 300 illegal miners across the country in a move to revitalise Nigeria’s mining sector.
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The Federal Government has threatened owners of licensed units of land mined by illegal miners that they will lose their titles.
ASHENEWS reports that about 30 miners are still trapped in a mining pit after it collapsed in the Galadiman Kogo community in Shiroro local government area of Niger state.
The Federal Government has shut an illegal mining site at Guabe in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory…
Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Environment has directed the State Ministry of Environment to compile and make available the names of all mining sites in a bid to tackle illegal mining.
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says it is on the trail of illegal miners in Borno who…
A Ghanaian court had sentenced a Chinese national, En “Aisha” Huang, to 4½ years in prison for running an illegal mining operation, Ghana Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has said.
A Chinese mining company operating in Niger State, Ming Xin Mineral Separation Nigeria Limited and their collaborators, Ali Arzuka and Ibrahim Usman Adam have dragged WikkiTimes, an accountability digital newspaper to court, demanding N10 billion compensation following an investigation into illegal mining and terrorism funding in the state.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger state commissioner for Lands and Survey, Maurice Magaji has said that the state government was coming up with an inter-ministerial committee to enforce the ban on illegal mining in the state.
The National Security Council has ordered nation’s security agencies to ensure the immediate stoppage of all illegal mining activities across…