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Powerful Nigerians involved in illegal mining and sponsorship of banditry – Alake

Powerful Nigerians involved in illegal mining and sponsorship of banditry - Alake

Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake has said that illegal mining and banditry are being sponsored by some powerful Nigerians.    Appearing before the House Committee on Solid Minerals to defend the Ministry’s 2024 budget estimate, Alake said powerful Nigerians are behind the insecurity in areas of the country …

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He got the job last year – Friends mourn NSCDC officer killed by bandits at mining site in Kaduna

He got the job last year - Friends mourn NSCDC officer killed by bandits at mining site in Kaduna

One of the seven Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officers killed by bandits in Kaduna State, got the job in 2022.   Yashim Elisha and other personnel were ambushed and killed at Kuriga mining site in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state on Monday, January 9, 2023,  …

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