2020-11-15 · But Zamfara State Commissioner for Finance, Rabiu Garba, while shedding further light on the ''gold reserve'', noted that "When the ban is lifted and mining …
2020-10-16 · A mining survey report indicated that the federal government lost about N3.23 trillion equivalent to $9billion in revenue accruable from gold …
2020-8-25 · Zamfara to begin gold refining in 3 Months, halts illegal mining. Anthony Ailemen Aug 25, 2020. Zamfara State said it has acquired equipment for gold mining that will turn the state into a hub of gold business in Nigeria within the next three months. Already, a state of the art gold refinery equipment has been mounted in Baka Lori Dam, with ...
2020-10-16 · A mining survey report indicated that the federal government lost about N3.23 trillion equivalent to $9billion in revenue accruable from gold exports due to the activities of illegal miners across the country, including Zamfara in 2017.
2019-4-8 · Gold mining in Zamfara is largely artisanal and small scale (Guardian) Gold mining in Zamfara Pulse Nigeria. In this disorganized maze that is the gold mining industry in Zamfara, criminal gangs ...
2019-4-28 · Local gold mining in the state is an age-long tradition in view of the abundance of the natural endowment in the state, which is additionally blessed with other previous stones. ... banned mining ...
Introduction. The proliferation in recent time of unregulated artisanal gold mining activities in Zamfara State, Nigeria has fuelled instability and lead poisoning crisis across gold mining communities primarily in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas thereby placing a significant burden on the already fragile economy and heath care system in the state [].
2010-9-29 · The trenches dug for these mining activities are abandoned after the mining is over. They therefore become death traps and easy entry points for devastating gully erosions. As was in the case of the communities in Zamfara State, many of these mines are contaminated with impurities. In this case, gold ash was intermingled with deposits of lead.
2020-10-26 · Considering the Zamfara gold misadventure as a breach of the 1999 Constitution, as amended and other extant laws, a lawyer, Mr. Joseph Onu Silas, had petitioned the CBN, seeking cancelation of the ...
2020-10-26 · Considering the Zamfara gold misadventure as a breach of the 1999 Constitution, as amended and other extant laws, a lawyer, Mr. Joseph Onu …
2021-1-23 · The gold rush has also had a devastating impact on biodiversity in mining areas. Nigeria''s top security adviser is scheduled to meet intelligence chiefs and ministers to discuss the nexus between illegal mining and unabated violence in Zamfara, almost two years after the government banned gold mining and subsequently lifted the ban in 2020.
2020-12-12 · Irked by the alleged double standard displayed by the Federal Government in the Zamfara gold mining saga, individuals and interest groups in the Niger Delta are, among other things, calling for an ...
2020-11-24 · The conspiracy over the illegal gold mining and business in Zamfara has been the primary reason why insecurity in the state has become a disturbing imbroglio throughout the tenure of Mr. Yari and the incumbent Governor Bello …
2020-9-3 · The proliferation in recent time of unregulated artisanal gold mining activities in Zamfara State, Nigeria has fuelled instability and lead poisoning crisis across gold mining communities primarily in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas thereby placing a significant burden on the already fragile economy and heath care system in the state [1].
2021-3-2 · Illegal gold mining could be responsible for the violence in Zamfara. THE Federal government of Nigeria has declared Zamfara a ''no-fly zone,'' placing a ban on mining activities in the state. Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, disclosed this on Tuesday during a briefing with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa in ...
2020-10-7 · While global gold production has risen in the last two decades, Zamfara''s mines have mostly been mined illegally. The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development suggests that, between 2016 and 2018, smugglers stole 18 tonnes of gold, worth N353 billion ($1.16 billion). In 2010, there was an outbreak of lead poisoning in the state, harming ...
2019-4-22 · Although Zamfara is rich in gold, mining activities in the state are unstructured, largely informal and illegal. Artisans, most of whom are unskilled, …
2019-4-21 · Also, there is an established link between the high level of banditry in Zamfara state and gold mining. With more than five thousand lives wasted in the space of five years, owing to nothing but the untamed skirmishes between bandits and illegal gold …
2020-12-1 · …How 260g of Gold was found in Aide''s Residence …As Bandits, Gold Miners Overwhelms Sauna Village. By Maryam Musa. The development of last week in Gusau the Zamfara State capital has shown the unwillingness and insincerity of both the Zamfara State Government and the state Police Command in addressing the raising cases of illegal gold mining …
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2020-8-25 · Many Nigerians believe Gold Mining is key to the continued blood shed in Zamfara State, Nigeria. In April 2019 this misinformation was corroborated through a …
2019-4-25 · Gold mining in Zamfara state has became a source of income not only to some persons in the state but thousands of people from neighbouring states like Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina and Kaduna. However, findings reveal that gold mining activities kicked-started properly in the state between 2008 and 2010 by some local miners.
2019-4-8 · Eedris, a former member of defunct group – The Remedies, posted on his Instagram page an image of a gold mining site and wrote; "The goodies in Zamfara that people are being killed for while a ...
2021-3-18 · The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Olamilekan Adegbite, yesterday said the ministry had resolved to avoid a repeat of the Zamfara State experience in Nasarawa State, in which bandits were largely in charge of the gold mining in that state (Zamfara).
2019-1-11 · Zamfara has the highest confirmed gold deposits in Nigeria. Just like 99.9% of all conflicts in Africa, the root cause has to do with mineral or oil deposits. Bagega, a small remote town in Zamfara is a haven for illegal gold mining. Zamfara suffers the highet level of lead poisioning due to illegal gold mining.
2019-4-22 · Although Zamfara is rich in gold, mining activities in the state are unstructured, largely informal and illegal. Artisans, most of whom are unskilled, are in charge of the extraction, purification and commercialisation of the solid mineral on a small scale.
Between Zamfara''s Gold And Niger Delta''s Crude Oil. Although illegal mining of gold and other precious metals as well as solid minerals had been going on in the northern part of Nigeria for decades, two recent events have given official seal to the direct assault on the Constitution on ownership and exploitation of minerals.
2019-4-22 · Although Zamfara is rich in gold, mining activities in the state are unstructured, largely informal and illegal. Artisans, most of whom are unskilled, are in charge of the extraction, purification ...
2021-9-16 · Zamfara, go for gold. Sesan. Published. 24 April 2019. A revelation that N353 billion worth of gold smuggled out of the country was sold in the …