Troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have arrested 58 suspected illegal miners and rescued two kidnapped sisters in separate operations in Etsako West and Akoko-Edo Local Government Areas of Edo. The spokesperson of the brigade, Capt. Kennedy Anyanwu, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Benin on…
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 11 individuals for alleged involvement in illegal mining operations without the required licences. This was disclosed in a statement by the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, on Monday in Abuja. According to the Commission, the suspects were arrested on Thursday…
Gov Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has issued a stern warning to illegal miners operating in the state, urging them to desist or face arrest and prosecution. Fintiri gave the warning on Tuesday at the 2025 North-east African Mineral Summit and Exhibition in Yola. The governor, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Commerce, Trade,…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called for the safe recovery of miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft amid a standoff between police and hundreds of illegal miners. The police have blocked miners’ supplies of food and water to force them out and arrest them for illegally entering the abandoned mine in…
