Crime

NSCDC Apprehends 10 Suspected Illegal Miners in Oyo

Web News 21 February 2024 332 0

By Rasheedah Makinde Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has apprehended ten suspected illegal miners at Ona Ara Local government area of Oyo state.  The ten suspected illegal miners were paraded at the NSCDC headquarters, Agodi, Ibadan by the Oyo state Commandant of the Continue Reading

Crime

Miners NEC Pledges Support for Initiative to Unravel Perpetrators of Bodija Explosion

Web News 19 January 2024 349 0

By Iyabo Adebisi The Board of Trustees and the National Executive Council of Miners Association of Nigeria has commiserated with the government and the people of Oyo State over the unfortunate incident of an explosion occasioned by illegally stockpiling of explosives in a residential property in a highbrow old Bodija GRA of Ibadan metropolis.  In […]Continue Reading

Foreign

15 Trapped Zimbabwe Miners Rescued

Web News 8 January 2024 214 0

All fifteen miners trapped in a Zimbabwean gold mine for four days have been rescued. Mines Minister Soda Zhemu said the workers were healthy and conscious. The Redwing gold mine owned by Metallon Corporation caved in after the shaft collapsed on Thursday. Officials said an earth tremor might have caused the accident. Families of the […]Continue Reading

Environment

Osun Govt. Decries Activities of Miners

Web News 3 June 2023 346 0

By Folake Oye Osun State Government has warned miners in the State to desist from improper excavation of mining sites and ensure that they treat water coming from the excavation sites before it is being released into the Osun River.  The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Environment and Sanitation, Mr. Oladele Olawuni gave the warning while […]Continue Reading