Tag Archives: Banditry & Gold

EDO STATE: Dangbala Natives Cries Out As Illegal Gold Miners Invade Community

  PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER 15, 2021 Residents of Dangbala community in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo cover the return of o State Government over the invasion of illegal miners and their activities in the Dangbala community. The Concern Residents of Dangbala, raised the alarm in a statement signed by one Godwin Amusa and Agbaje Saiki, Convener and ...

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Gold & Groan: A Soldier Explains The Origin Of Banditry In Zamfara

  “The average kid working in the mines made a daily wage of less than 4 dollars 29 cents. An average, 40,000 grams of gold is excavated every day. At that time, 1000 gram of pure gold would sell at 10 million naira. When you do the maths you know how much that is” Pegasus Reporters Banditry is a type ...

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