How many more must die? Nigeria’s mining safety reckoning

Vanguardngr | 21-02-2026 05:37pm |

By Gilbert Joseph Jos – On Wednesday, February 18, the country awoke to yet another damning, and avoidable reality check: the perilous risks a teeming youthful population undertakes in a desperate bid to earn a living. Across Nigeria’s mineral-rich belts, young men descend several metres underground, burrowing through suffocating tunnels in search of mineral resources.

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