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Osun State government will register all miners operating in the state, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola said on Tuesday. Besides, he said serious steps are to be taken to prevent security lapses linked to some of the criminals who are operating as illegal miners in the state. Read More …
The Presidency is demanding details of all those licensed to do mining operations in Zamfara State and the pattern of illegal mining. This is for the purpose of tackling the crises in the state, The Nation gathered yesterday. Tasked with providing the required information are the Mining Read More …
Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, has blamed illegal miners for the killings in Zamfara State. Mohammed made the comments when he featured on the Nigerian Television Authority Programme, Good Morning Nigeria, in Abuja on Wednesday. On April 7, the Nigerian government Read More …
Anna Okon The Federal Government has announced that it is decentralising the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office for ease of operations, adding that this will cut down the time for processing licences from 45 to 15 days. The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Read More …
Hausa gold miners in Osun State open up: We collect N10,000 per gram, land owners sell for N50,000 per gram to merchants AKINWALE ABOLUWADE / 42 minutes ago AKINWALE ABOLUWADE who was at some gold fields in Osun State, reports that illegal mining activities have assumed an Read More …
Oladimeji Ramon Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Thursday urged security agencies and traditional rulers to be at alert to prevent all forms of criminality and possible infiltration of the state by fleeing illegal miners and bandits displaced from Zamfara State. This was contained in Read More …
Everest Amaefule, Tare Youdeowei, Adeniyi Olugbemi and Samuel Nkemakolem Nigeria lost about N353bn in gold smuggled out of the country and sold in the international market between 2016 and 2018 without any revenue accruing to the government. However, illegal miners reaped the gain, investigation has Read More …
By Ripples Nigeria The governor of Zamfara State Abdul’aziz Yari has alleged that miners in the state are behind the recent mass killings witnessed within his domain. Gov Yari suggested that much on Sunday in Talata-Mafara after a meeting with security chiefs in the state, where Read More …
The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bwari, yesterday, assured miners and investors that the ban on mining activities in Zamfara State would not last long. Bwari said this while speaking on the need for government to take the action in the Read More …
Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development Hon. Abubakar Bawa Bwari The Federal Government say it has discovered high quality of platinum group elements in a village in Niger. Alhaji Abubakar Bwari, the Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, announced this on Monday Read More …