Illegal mining

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has ordered the immediate disbandment of the state’s Mining Joint Taskforce. A statement issued in Osogbo on Wednesday by the governor’s spokesman, Olawale Rasheed, confirmed that the existing JTF…

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has banned all forms of illegal mining activities in the state, particularly in Biase and Akamkpa local government areas. This was announced in a statement signed on Thursday in Calabar, by the…