Stakeholders in Kogi and Nasarawa states have identified illegal and unregulated mining activities as major drivers of rising insecurity and criminality in communities endowed with strategic mineral resources. The stakeholders stated this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during a survey on “Criminal Activities Linked to Strategic Mineral Resources”. In Kogi, Dr Simeon Oyiguh, Coordinator of Kogi East Neighbourhood Sec…
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