By Lukman Abdulmalik From a beacon of hope for young Nigerians who had dreams of a future in aquaculture, the School of Fisheries now lies in ruins with its classrooms buried under heaps of sand and the foundations exposed to the sun.…
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By Uzair Adam The residents of Chediyar Ingawa/Mogarawa a community in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State, have bitterly decried the devastating impact of ongoing sand mining in their area. They are outraged that the…
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By Uzair Adam Kano State Government has restated its ban on companies embarking on illegal mining of sand and minerals henceforth it will no longer be business as usual. The State Commissioner for Lands, Abduljabbar Muhammad Umar,…
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Kano State Project Coordinator, Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes, (ACReSAL), Dr. Dahir Muhammad Hashim has urged sand miners in the Yansabo community of Tofa LGA of the state to desist from the act due to its negative…
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About 1000 farmers in Dawakin Kudu and Kura local government areas of Kano State have lost their farmlands to indiscriminate sand mining activities in the area. Solacebase reports that the affected farmers mostly from Tassa, Gamadan,…
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