Zamfara gold mining disaster

Zamfara mining disaster: Still a human rights debacle

Aug 07, 2012 Home Sweet Crude Zamfara mining disaster: Still a human rights debacle. Posted in Sweet Crude ... and recently, gold mining in Zamfara State, host

ZAMFARA BANDITRY: Retired General in trouble for defying

Oct 17, 2021 Oct 17, 2021 A retired General is in trouble over his alleged refusal to comply with the total ban on gold mining imposed on Zamfara State by the Federal Government in a bid to stem banditry and other violent

Living on Earth: Lead Poisoning from Gold Mining

Apr 13, 2012 In the Nigerian state of Zamfara, a gold boom has led to a medical disaster with more than 400 children dead from lead poisoning and thousands sickened. Jane Cohen of Human Rights Watch tells host Bruce Gellerman why so many children were exposed

The untold story of gold mining in Zamfara state

Apr 25, 2019 Apr 25, 2019 Gold mining in Zamfara state has became a source of income not only to some persons in the state but thousands of people from neighbouring states like Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina and Kaduna. However, findings reveal that gold mining activities kicked-started properly in the state between 2008 and 2010 by some local miners

How Zamfara gold mining resurrected clamour for resource

Nov 15, 2020 Nov 15, 2020 But Zamfara State Commissioner for Finance, Rabiu Garba, while shedding further light on the ‘gold reserve’, noted that “When the ban is lifted and mining activities resume fully, we (Zamfara State government) are hopeful that we will be receiving royalties from miners while the Federal Government will also be giving us something”

Zamfara gold controversy and echoes of resource control

Oct 26, 2020 Oct 26, 2020 Considering the Zamfara gold misadventure as a breach of the 1999 Constitution, as amended and other extant laws, a lawyer, Mr. Joseph Onu Silas, had petitioned the CBN, seeking cancelation of the

Zamfara Killings: All you need to know | Pulse Nigeria

Apr 08, 2019 Apr 08, 2019 Zamfara is rich in gold. Unfortunately, mining gold in Zamfara is unstructured, largely informal and illegal. Artisans, most of whom are unskilled, are in charge of the extraction, purification

Gold in Zamfara - Folio

Oct 07, 2020 Oct 07, 2020 While global gold production has risen in the last two decades, Zamfara’s mines have mostly been mined illegally. The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development suggests that, between 2016 and 2018, smugglers stole 18 tonnes of gold, worth N353 billion ($1.16 billion). In 2010, there was an outbreak of lead poisoning in the state, harming

Environmental Effect of Lead Combination of Mining

Introduction. The proliferation in recent time of unregulated artisanal gold mining activities in Zamfara State, Nigeria has fuelled instability and lead poisoning crisis across gold mining communities primarily in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas thereby placing a significant burden on the already fragile economy and heath care system in the state []

Environmental Remediation to Address Childhood Lead

Background: From 2010 through 2013, integrated health and environmental responses addressed an unprecedented epidemic lead poisoning in Zamfara State, northern Nigeria. Artisanal gold mining caused widespread contamination resulting in the deaths of 400 children. Socioeconomic, logistic, and security challenges required remediation and medical protocols within the context of local resources

Illegal gold mining fuelling banditry in Zamfara - Eedris

Apr 08, 2019 Apr 08, 2019 Eedris, a former member of defunct group – The Remedies, posted on his Instagram page an image of a gold mining site and wrote; “The goodies in Zamfara that people are being killed for while a

Zamfara gold mining: Niger Delta seeks amendment of

Dec 12, 2020 Irked by the alleged double standard displayed by the Federal Government in the Zamfara gold mining saga, individuals and interest groups in

How illegal mining is driving local conflicts in Nigeria

Jun 16, 2020 The government's ban of artisanal gold mining in Zamfara State and across the region, and the deployment of soldiers to enforce the ban since April 2019, have yielded few results

Zamfara, go for gold - Punch Newspapers

Zamfara, go for gold. Sesan. Published. 24 April 2019. A revelation that N353 billion worth of gold smuggled out of the country was sold in the international market is another wake-up call for

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