Tag: Illegal mining

The Commander of the Mining Marshals, John Onoja (middle) with other personnel of the unit, at an illegal mining site in Rafin-Gabas of Kokona LGA of Nasarawa State, which they ...

Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Plateau state government has said that because of the flourishing illegal mining activities, youths in the state have abandoned education and other meaningful sources of ...

Acting on credible intelligence, the vigilant troops on 17 December intercepted a truck with a foreign registration number B 0515 VV, which was found to be concealing illegally mined products.

They also cited investigations by the United Nations, the US State Department and international NGOs such as Global Witness to document the scale of the problem.