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Speaking on the arrests, Major Pabi, said, «as at yesterday morning, we had made 328 arrests of illegal miners who are flouting the President's directive against illegal mining.

The move will now allow the task - force to effectively fight illegal miners who have been operating in the Ankobora, Pra and Brim Rivers.

Some Ninety illegal miners who have been apprehended by government's anti-illegal mining task force Operation Vanguard have been arraigned in various parts of the country.

He also expressed his dissatisfaction with the sentences handed to the illegal miners who have been convicted.

The component, Alternative Livelihood Project, Oil Palm Plantation, which is being funded by the Minerals Development Fund, under the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry, seeks to employ illegal miners who are affected by the...

Government has said it will put in place an alternative livelihood programme for illegal miners who are expected to be out of work soon, following moves to end their activities.

Not exact matches

The minister, who doubles as the member of parliament for the Nkawkaw Constituency passionately condemned politicians and traditional leaders who sponsor the activities of illegal miners.

The Chinese illegal miners and their Ghanaian accomplices who were arrested on River Ankobra in the Western Region last Friday, appeared at the Sekondi High Court on Monday [March 27th 2017], where they were remanded into police custody to reappear on April 10, 2017.

Over the years, law enforcers have had a tortuous time dealing with illegal miners, who have armed themselves with sophisticated weapons.

The Deputy Minister was reacting to comments made by some illegal miners at the Akwatia Diamond Market in the Eastern Region who say getting them out...

According to the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, who made the revelation in an exclusive interview with Host of the Citi Breakfast Show, Bernard Avle, when the illegal miners are prevented from operating during...

The man, who is seen in a viral social media boasting about being an illegal miner, said the President must think of how any such move will affect the livelihood of the...

A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Wednesday granted bail to a miner, Alh Abdullahi Adamu alias Dan - China, 16 Chinese nationals and 9 other Nigerians, who are being tried by the federal government over alleged illegal mining.

According to him, Capt. Mahama and his colleagues from the 5th Infantry Battalion who were deployed to wage war on illegal mining, were instead protecting illegal miners.

When we checked, it was the joint force that was arresting people who are alleged to have resisted the Chinese illegal miners».

It's quite slow and it's quite a challenge to us because we think that the faster they are prosecuted and results are made public, it will serve as a disincentive for prospective illegal miners and even those who are already in the field,» he said.

Some illegal miners in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have vowed to vehemently oppose anyone or group of persons who attempt to halt their operations in the area.

«In the areas where the illegal miners operate, they have bought phones for other people who serve as lookouts so when our vehicles are passing, they will inform the people on the field that we are coming so they run.

His stories for The Times have taken him to Greece, where he wrote about the country's growing ranks of nurses who aren't really nurses; Ukraine, where he covered the economic devastation caused by war; and Poland, where he followed so - called rathole miners into illegal coal pits.