Tag: #DeleAlake
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MINERAL WEALTH MUST NOT COST LIVES, AFRICAN MINING MINISTERS WARN
The African Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG) has condemned the reported deaths of more than 100 artisanal miners following the collapse of a gold-mining site in Zamboye, Central African Republic. AMSG Chairman, Mr Dele Alake, described the incident as a tragedy that should compel African countries to take stronger action against illegal and unregulated mining. He…
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ALAKE VOWS JUSTICE FOR POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN NIGER MINING CLASH
Minister says killers of slain officer will be “smoked out” as crackdown on illegal mining intensifies. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has vowed that those behind the killing of a police officer during an anti-illegal mining operation in Niger State will face the full weight of the law. The officer was part…
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MINISTER DELE ALAKE REPORTS RECOVERY OF 90 ILLEGAL MINING SITES, URGES TRADERS TO SUPPORT MINING REFORMS
Minister of Solid Minerals, Mr. Dele Alake, announced on Thursday in Akure that his ministry has successfully recovered over 90 mining sites from illegal miners nationwide. Speaking at the South-West stakeholders’ dialogue, Alake revealed that more than 300 illegal miners have been arrested, with 50 prosecuted and over 20 convicted under the current administration. In…
