By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria This report by Development News Nigeria, DNN looks into the activities of an illegal Quarry at Ijigba, Ondo state operating in contravention of the 2007 Nigerian Mineral and Mining Act. At the twilight of Olusegun Mimiko’s administration as the governor of Ondo state, projects that stood out as bringing
By Godwin Otang Ecology-focused Civil Society Organizations have raised an alarm over the presence of licensed miners inside the Cross River State National Park, describing it as illegal. In a press conference on Monday organized by We The People and Development Concern in Calabar, they emphasized the need for the federal government to rethink its
By Vanguard Newspaper The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC arrested no fewer than 21 suspected illegal miners in Cross River State communities. Vanguard Newspaper learned the suspects were arrested by the NSCDC personnel in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in the Utanga community in the Obanliku Local Government
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Youths, women and men of Ikaptan community in Ogoja Local Government Area are currently protesting on the streets of Igoli against alleged invasion of their farm lands by Chinese miners. According to information by sources on the ground, the protesters vehemently oppose releasing their farmland for mining activities.