By Martha Agas The Nigerian Indigenous Women in Mining and Natural Resource Organisation (NIWIMNRO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Africans for Africa Initiative (AFA). The agreement establishes a strategic partnership to ensure that mining investments are socially responsible, gender-responsive and contribute meaningfully to sustainable communityContinue Reading
Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested 13 suspected illegal miners in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), dismantled mining equipment, and recovered tools during a raid on an illegal site in Bwari Area Council.Continue Reading
Miners By Philomina Attah The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nigeria’s embassy in Bangui, has evacuated 11 stranded Nigerian miners from the Central African Republic (CAR). The miners were abandoned by their employer in the remote town of Bambari after aContinue Reading
Mining By Zainab Oyekan Mr Yabilsu Dogo, Permanent Secretary, Plateau Ministry of Environment Climate Change and Mineral Development has said that no fewer than 100 illegal miners have been arrested in Jos. Dogo made this known on Thursday in Jos in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).Continue Reading
