Nigeria losing $9bn yearly to illegal mining- Reps C’ttee

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Jonathan Gbefwi, on Monday disclosed that illegal mining activities in Nigeria are costing the country about $9bn annually. This is just as the lawmaker lamented that only 3 per cent royalty gets paid into government coffers by the few miners licenced to operate legally across the

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