The federal government has lifted the five-year ban on legal mining operations in Zamfara State.
Dele Alake, minister of solid minerals development, who said the ban was placed in 2019 following existential threats in the state, made the disclosure while briefing the media recently.
Celebrated activist Nnimmo Bassey and political candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour were profiled as part of a US government-funded campaign to undermine global critics of pesticides and GMOs.
The story of Nigeria's stolen Benin Bronzes, and the London museum returning them
âLondonâs Horniman Museum has announced itâll hand over ownership of its 72 bronzes to Nigeria, home to Benin City, which the British looted in 1897. We investigate their storyâ.
