1.0New Mail Nigeriahttps://newmail-ng.comSuleiman Ibrahimhttps://newmail-ng.com/author/suleiman/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IJAAIfFrAG"><a href="https://newmail-ng.com/80-per-cent-of-revenue-accruable-from-solid-minerals-lost-to-illegal-mining-official/">80 per cent of revenue accruable from solid minerals lost to illegal mining – Official</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://newmail-ng.com/80-per-cent-of-revenue-accruable-from-solid-minerals-lost-to-illegal-mining-official/embed/#?secret=IJAAIfFrAG" width="600" height="338" title="“80 per cent of revenue accruable from solid minerals lost to illegal mining – Official” — New Mail Nigeria" data-secret="IJAAIfFrAG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://newmail-ng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Illegal-mining-in-Nigeria.png500306The Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has said that the country was losing 80 percent of revenue that would have accrued from the solid minerals sector, to illegal mining. Abunuma Samuel, the ministry’s Plan Officer, stated this while speaking to newsmen in Maru, Talata-Mafara Local Government in Zamfara, on Sunday after sensitising artisanal […]