“Government will deal with anyone caught indulging in such illegal activity which has brought grief upon the state,” Garba warned.
Browsing: Illegal mining
He said that the kingpin in the illegal mining in Plateau State, one Dan China from Bauchi State had been arrested and that the illegal mining was more on gold and the sapphire, adding that the Federal Government has created a new settlement for the artisans in the illegal business.
20 August 2017, Sweetcrude, Abuja – Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has warned that the Federal…
“These miners are illegal. Government did not give them permission to do this, they are economic saboteurs. This cannot happen anywhere else in the world and we will not allow it anywhere in Nigeria. We do not want these miners,” Mr. Fayemi told the security agents.
He noted that mining countries in West Africa faced similar problems such as illegal mining from both local and foreign miners, adding that the issue would be deliberated upon holistically during the programme.
Oscarline Onwuemenyi 15 March 2017, Sweetcrude, Abuja – The Federal Government has said that it would partner with states in…
16 February 2017, Abuja – The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday in Abuja said addressing illegal…
The dam area became a beehive for tin miners sometime around 2013 following the discovery of tin while the construction of the road that leads to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) was on.
“In Awe Local Government Area of the state, we have deployed only 25 personnel but our target was to deploy above one hundred because of the trouble that is coming up between Dangote Group of Companies and other partners,” he added.
03 October 2016, Lagos – FBN Capital, an investment banking and research arm of FBN Holdings Plc, have predicted that,…
