Nigeria Loses Billions Daily to Illegal Mining, Non-Oil Exports, Geosciences Society Warns

The Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) has expressed concern that the country continues to lose billions of naira daily to fraudulent activities of illegal miners across various solid minerals’ sites dotting Northern Nigeria and other parts of the country.

The national president of the Society, Rose Ndong, who disclosed this during a press conference in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital to herald the 261st in the series of the National Conferences of the NMGS, expressed worry that lack…