Illegal Mining

On the morning of  2 September 2024, there was an attack on residents of the over 500 housing units at the M.I Wushishi Housing Estate in Minna, Niger state, leading …

A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced three Chinese nationals to seven years in prison for engaging in activities related to illegal mining. The court, in Congo’s …

Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have dismantled another 20 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta region and confiscated no fewer than 190,000 litres of stolen crude. This is …

In this remote area, where government oversight is virtually absent and law enforcement is scarce, illegal mining has become a lifeline for many underaged adults in the area. Twelve-year-old Abdulrasheed …

On Monday, a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered that a traditional ruler in Osun, Oba Taofeeq Osunmakinde, and four others be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre over alleged illegal …

The federal government has conducted a clearance operation at an illegal mining site in the Jaguna community of Yagba East local government area of Kogi State. Solid Minerals Development Minister, …

The Bauchi State Government has embarked on sensitising stakeholders in local government areas of the state on the negative impacts of illegal mining. The state Commissioner of the Ministry of …