Mining Marshals: Nigeria Apprehends Over 300 Illegal Miners
Hauwa Gidado, Abuja The Nigerian Government says it has arrested more than 300 illegal miners and prosecuted over 150 suspects, including foreign nationals, and shut down several illegal mining sites in the country since the establishment of the Mining Marshals. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, said the Federal Government has made sanitising…