The Niger State Government has approved N50 million compensation for the families of victims of the collapsed mining pit in Galadima Kogo, Shiroro Local Government Area. Families of the victims had last week demanded compensation, threatening to take legal action against the state government and owners of the collapsed mine, African Minerals and Logistics Limited. The mine pit collapsed in …

Agents of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested seven suspects for offences bordering on illegal mining activities. The suspects are Waliyu Abidoye, Abubakar Auwal, Abdulrauf Hakim, Sabiu Usman, Salihu Godwin, Dauda Mohammed and Olalekan Aremu. The commission also arrested two others, Faleti Waheed and Noah Olalekan, for offering N1.2 million bribe to …

A member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament), Senator Tolu Odebiyi has alerted the sub-region of coming wars in the area and Africa over stiff competitions for the control of the rich mineral resources of the continent by foreign powers. At a parliamentary seminar organised by the ECOWAS Parliament in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Odebiyi, who represented …

Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde has hinted that illegal miners operating in the state were responsible for Tuesday night’s explosion in Ibadan. According to reports gathered, many persons were hospitalised following the explosion that affected a section of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Oyo State House of Assembly, the residence of the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, …

The Federal Government has ordered all illegal miners across the country to vacate sites immediately otherwise they will be seriously dealt with. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Dele Alake, gave the warning during the graduation ceremony and presentation of starter packs to 30 graduating trainees under Batch 3 of the Ministry’s Programme on ‘Gemstone and Jewellery Master Training and …