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Storey building collapses in Jos over mining impacts on environment

Storey building collapses in Jos over mining impacts on environment

A storey building has collapsed in Bukuru, near Jos, Plateau State capital over what the locals said occurred as a result of mining impacts in the area that has left the environment devastated. The building located near Bukuru Mini Stadium has a supermarket on the ground floor with offices upstairs. The owner of the building, …

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Abuja Mining Sites Where Women, Children, Break Rocks For Survival

Sixteen-year-old Paulina and her mother Ladi Ahmed, are living on breaking rocks and selling them. At Ushaffa village in Bwari Area Council in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, numerous women break rocks and make money from it; literally a very hard way of earning between N5,000 to N10,000 a day, if they sell rock …

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