Tag: Gold mining

Zamfara: At least 100 feared dead in gold mine collapse – Locals 

Aminu Imam
Zamfar gold mine collapse

At least 100 people are feared dead following the collapse of a gold mining pit in Zamfara State, according to survivors and residents, yesterday. The pit at the Kadauri mining site, in the Maru local government area reportedly caved-in on Thursday while scores of artisanal miners were working underground, witnesses told Reuters.  It was gathered that rescue operations continued into yesterday. According to a local resident involved in rescue efforts, Sanusi Auwal, at least 13 bodies had been retrieved from the rubble, including that of his cousin. “Over 100 miners…

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Kebbi: Gov. Idris shuts gold mining site over fracas

Aminu Imam
Kebbi gold mining

Governor Nasir Idris, of Kebbi state, has ordered the immediate temporary closure of the Mararrabar Birnin Yauri gold mining site, in the Ngaski local government area of the state. Idris gave the order yesterday, during an unscheduled visit to the site in Ngaski LGA, following reports of misunderstanding between the communities and agents of the federal government. ”I am hereby directing security operatives to take over the mining site until an amicable solution can be reached between the Kebbi government and the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative, (PAGMI). ”The Government…

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Terrorism: FG mulls nationwide ban on motorcycles, mining activities

Aminu Imam

The National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, announced that it is considering a nationwide ban on motorcycles, popularly known as okada or acha?a, and mining, as part of its strategy to curb terrorist activities, checkmate loopholes and cut off their sources of funding. Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), stated that investigations are still on-going especially to establish the correlation between mining and motorcycles which they suspect provide funding for the supply…

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Firm to begin gold exportation from Osun in June – Minister

Aminu Imam

Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, says the Nigerian-Canadian company mining gold in Nigerias Osun State is to start exporting the precious metal in June this year. Adegbite made the announcement in Abuja at the weekend, during a News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) forum. He described the Segilola Gold Project as a strategic investment for Nigerias economic diversification. The minister said the company was a poster child and the first foreign investor that was doing genuine and serious business in Nigeria. Gold exportation ought to have commenced in…

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