NSCDC, taskforce arrests 21 suspected illegal miners The Cross River State Government's Anti-Illegal Mining Task Force, in collaboration with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has apprehended 21 individuals suspected of engaging in illegal mining activities. The operation, which lasted several days, across Biase, Yakurr, and Obubra Local Government Areas, targeted illegal mining activities that pose significant economic and environmental threats to the State. Speaking on the arrest, the Chairman of the State Anti-Illegal Mining Task Force, Prince Paul Okon Effiong, who led the enforcement team, described the crackdown as...