The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday alleged that some retired military generals are responsible for illegal mining in the country....
KAKAFU, Kwara State was once a quiet village with smooth narrow farm roads and wheat fields as far as the eye could see. Locals, mainly from...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for the establishment of an African anti-illegal mining coalition to protect the continent from exploitation by external forces. Speaking at...
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested five suspected illegal Chinese miners at Ndito-Eka-Iba village, in Ibieno...
The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned eight Chinese nationals and one Nigerian for alleged illegal mining at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The foreigners – Shen...
The Federal Government has warned landowners against illegal mining activities in the country. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, issued the warning in a...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State,has convicted and jailed two Chinese nationals, Duan Ya Hong and Xiao Yi, to one year imprisonment each,...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) operatives have arrested four Chinese nationals for engaging in illegal mining in Karu local government area of Nasarawa...
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) during the week arraigned two Chinese nationals, Duan Ya Hong and Xiao Yi alongside...
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, stated that African leaders will approach the international community in efforts to halt the illegal mining of resources in...
The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to combat the menace of illegal mining in the country with the official inauguration of a group of Mining...
The police on Thursday arraigned 41 persons for alleged illegal mining at the Federal High Court, Ibadan. The defendants were arraigned on a two-count charge of...
Mining communities in Enugu State have raised the alarm over the activities of illegal miners which has led to a violation of environmental safety as well...
The Oyo State government has shut down an illegal mining factory in Idi-Ayunre, Oluyole Local Government Area of the state. Governor Seyi Makinde disclosed this in...
The Enugu State government has arrested six persons and confiscated seven trucks in Obollo-Afor over an alleged violation of its mining ban. The arrest of the...
The Borno State government on Sunday reaffirmed the ban on illegal mining and warned defaulters of the dire consequences. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Internal...
Determind to put an end to the activities of bandits and other violent criminals, the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Saturday, issued a ban on...
Operatives of the Kwara State Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 13 Chinese nationals over their alleged involvement in illegal mining...
The Federal Government said on Sunday, February 28, that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) initiative would help to stem illegalities in the mining sector....
About 29 persons have been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), for alleged involvement in illegal dredging and mining in prohibited sites...
The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday troops of the Operation Sahel Sanity had arrested 158 suspected bandits in the ongoing clearance operations in Katsina and Zamfara...
The Zamfara State Police Command said on Friday at least 251 illegal miners including a Burkinabe were arrested during a raid on the state’s mining sites...
Ten more illegal Chinese miners have been arrested in Osun State. They were arrested alongside a Ghanaian for the illicit act by men of Amotekun corps...
The government of Osun State has arrested 27 illegal miners in the state. The alleged criminals comprised 17 Chinese nationals and 10 locals, including a local...
The Zamfara State Police Command Monday confirmed the arrest of two Chinese nationals for alleged illegal mining at Kwali village in Bukkuyum local government area of...
Some state governors in Nigeria have been accused of being sponsors of illegal mining of solid mineral resources like zinc, lead, tantalite, columbite, laterite, among others...
Some traditional rulers in Osun State on Wednesday appealed to the state Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to take swift action to end mining activities in their domains....
The agitation for fiscal federalism or as some may prefer to put it, restructuring, is as old, if not older than the current Nigerian democratic experiment....
