•Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake The federal government has ordered the closure of areas covered by Mining Licence 11810 in the Wase Local Government of Plateau State. This followed the deaths of villagers allegedly mining in a pit containing gaseous emissions, reports Channels TV. According to a statement by the Ministry of...
•Collapsed mining site in Plateau At least four miners were killed after a sandpit collapsed on them at a mining site in Dura community, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to eyewitness accounts, the incident occurred last night when the ground caved in on the four individuals working in the pit, reports […]
•Miners at work At least 22 miners are presumed dead following the collapse of a mining pit at an illegal mining site located within a national game reserve spanning Gashaka Local Government Area in Taraba State and Toungo Local Government Area in Adamawa State. Adamu Jamtare, a miner from Gashaka, explained that many of the […]
•Female miners The Women In Mining In Nigeria, in collaboration with Ford Foundation, has called on the Nasarawa State Government to urgently intervene in the issues of sexual harassment and Gender-Based Violence in the state. WIMIN is a non-governmental organisation committed to promoting women’s inclusion at all levels of the Nigerian minera...
•Aerial view of the explosion site A survivor of the explosion that rocked Ibadan, Oyo State capital, yesterday, has said it was foreigners, who engaged in illegal mining activities, that caused the explosion. He added that they ran out just before the blast. The survivor, Alhaji Mohammed Musa, lived next to the epicentre (ground zero) [&helli...
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