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Delta State Monarch and Federal College of Education Confronted with Landgrabbers, Illegal Miners Challenges

Monday AniDecember 21, 2023December 21, 2023

by Monday AniDecember 21, 2023December 21, 20230167

The management of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba, Delta State, and the Asagba in Council have jointly expressed concern regarding the activities of...

Regional Securities

Akwa Ibom, NSCDC Collaborate to Combat Oil Bunkering, Illegal Mining to Save Environment and Deprived Youths

Monday AniNovember 7, 2023November 7, 2023

by Monday AniNovember 7, 2023November 7, 20230196

The State Commissioner for Information, with thoughts of the youths in mind, is pushing for a holistic non-violent approach The Akwa Ibom State Government has...

Editorial

Illegal Mining in Akwa Ibom State – Etim Etim

Monday AniOctober 23, 2023October 23, 2023

by Monday AniOctober 23, 2023October 23, 20230248

The first hint that illegal mining of mineral resources has been going on in Akwa Ibom State was given last August by the Commissioner for...

Environment Protection

Enugu State: Coal Mining Company, Milhouse Energy to Pay 1Billion Naira “Agreement” for Violations

Lazarus UgaOctober 12, 2023October 14, 2023

by Lazarus UgaOctober 12, 2023October 14, 20230234

A coal mining firm, Milhouse Energy Services Ltd, operating in Awhum, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State will pay N1bn into the State Environmental...

Environment Protection

Akwa Ibom Villagers Raise Alarm, over Chinese Firm’s ‘Illegal’ Mining, Eco Destruction amid Suspicions of “Internal Collusion”

Lazarus UgaOctober 12, 2023October 12, 2023

by Lazarus UgaOctober 12, 2023October 12, 20230251

Worried by the nonchalant attitude towards environmental protection and illegal mining, the people of Ekid in Eket local government of Akwa Ibom State, has ordered...

Environment Protection

Illegal Mining: Enugu State Bans Activities, Says it’s a Threat to Environment

Lazarus UgaSeptember 28, 2023September 28, 2023

by Lazarus UgaSeptember 28, 2023September 28, 20230258

Illegal miners litter Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Osun, Kaduna, Niger and most Nigerian states clandestinely Illegal miners collude with gun wielding shadowy security men to intimidate...

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Akwa Ibom: Chinese Firm, Ruitai Mining gets Shutdown as the Rape of Nigeria by Illegal Foreign Miners Continue

Lazarus UgaSeptember 4, 2023September 4, 2023

by Lazarus UgaSeptember 4, 2023September 4, 20230237

AKWA IBOM- Nigeria-wide cases of unauthorized foreign firms secretly extracting valuable resources and indiscriminately destroying surrounding habitat continue unabated as locals, not only have to...

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Nigeria Rape: Epidemic of Illegal Foreign Miners amidst Questionable Insecurity as EFCC, Kwara Gov net 230 Offenders

Monday AniAugust 15, 2023

by Monday AniAugust 15, 20230323

In a bid to clamp down on illegal mining activities, the Kwara State government has offered to assist the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)....

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EFCC Arrests 13 Chinese Nationals illegally Mining in all Kwara16 LGAs

Monday AniJuly 14, 2023July 14, 2023

by Monday AniJuly 14, 2023July 14, 20230455

Chinese company, W. Mining Global Service Limited, operated multiple illicit mining sites across all 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kwara state Illegally extracted crude...