The Action for Economic Development (AED), a civil society group, has stated that the 387 suspects arrested for involvement in illegal mining in the country as confirmed by the Chief of Defence Staff at a meeting with the House Committee on Solid Mineral on Monday must be through investigated.

Two individuals were recently arrested for engaging in illegal mining activities by operatives from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra State Command. 

ECOWAS: Illegal Mining Denies Nigeria 91% Of Sector Revenue Dr. Mohamed Sidie Tunis, the Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, has revealed that Nigeria loses 91 per cent of its revenue from the mining sector to illegal miners. The Speaker stated...

Nigeria Losing $3bn To Illegal Mining - NEITI   The Director, Technical, Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, Dr Dieter Bassi, has said Nigeria is losing $2bn-$3bn to illegal mining. He said this during a town hall meeting on the dangers of foreign illegal mining in Nigeria on...

Nigeria Losing Huge Revenue From Illegal Mining   Activities of illegal miners as well as ineffective implementation of policies in the solid minerals sector may be costing the country huge revenue and slow-paced development. While the officials did not disclose the estimated loss in the industry due...

Illegal Mining Highest In Niger, Five Other States In Nigeria Niger State is the leading destination for illegal mining of solid minerals in Nigeria, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative announced on Thursday. NEITI further stated that five other states including Plateau, Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu and...