An illegal mining site in Buya community in Obanliku LGA of Cross River collapsed on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring three others. The suspected illegal...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 51 suspected illegal miners and three telecommunication mast vandals in Abuja. The NSCDC Commandant in the...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 109 suspected illegal miners operating in the Nasarawa Eggon local government area of the state. The...
Senator Ekong Sampson, representing Akwa Ibom South senatorial district at the National Assembly, has alleged that the activities of illegal miners are fueling serious security threats...
The Ogun State House of Assembly has called on all federal and state regulatory agencies to enforce safety precautions in the storage and handling of explosives,...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, said preliminary investigations by security agencies revealed that the explosion that rocked the Bodija Area of Ibadan, the...
The Task Force on the Enforcement of Ban on Illegal Mining and Deforestation in Taraba State has arrested 3, 500 illegal miners in the Bali local...
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Oyo State Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have vowed...
The activities of illegal miners in a community in Ekiti State have caused degradation of the environment, as miners engage the services of children in carrying...
The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected illegal miners in the state. The development was disclosed...
The Oyo state government has warned illegal miners operating without official permission to desist or be ready to face the full wrath of the law, according...
The Defence Headquarters said on Monday at least 11 illegal miners have been arrested and scores of bandits killed by troops of “Operation Accord” in some...
The Ondo State government said on Friday that at least 500 illegal miners had been arrested by operatives of Special Mines Surveillance Task Force on Illegal...
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” – Audrey Lorde “Do not set yourself on fire...
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olalekan Adegbite, said on Friday the ministry was working with the country’s judiciary to prosecute foreign illegal miners caught...
