Illegal Mining, Major Threat To Nigeria’s Economy - EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has identified illegal mining and other criminal activities as major set back to Nigeria’s economy. Acting EFCC chair Abdulkarim Chukkol said this at a one-day workshop the commission organised for...

The Federal Government has disclosed that the nation has lost an alarming sum of $9 billion to the export of proceeds of illegal mining activities between 2014 and 2015. This is even as it has approved N987 million for the purchase of 50 Toyota Hilux...