{"id":35679,"date":"2024-06-04T21:04:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T21:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-many-trapped-in-collapsed-mining-site\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T21:04:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T21:04:30","slug":"niger-many-trapped-in-collapsed-mining-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-many-trapped-in-collapsed-mining-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger: Many trapped in collapsed mining site"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>An unconfirmed number of individuals have been reported trapped following the collapse of a mining pit in Galadima Kogo, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Monday after a heavy downpour.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi Arah, Director-General, Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, confirmed the disaster in a statement, noting that rescue operations have been complicated by difficult terrain and ongoing banditry in the area.<\/p>\n<p>He said NSEMA received a report of a mining pit collapse at Galkogo village in Shiroro LGA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mine site belongs to a company named African Minerals and Logistics Limited. The cause of the collapse was the rainfall that softened the soil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Arah, however, did not provide specific details on the number of people trapped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the unacceptable nature of that environment as a result of banditry, the information about the incident is very scanty, including rescue operations. Meanwhile, excavators have been deployed for the rescue operations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>However, local sources stated that more than 30 people are believed to be trapped beneath the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to reach Wasiu Abiodun, the police spokesperson in Niger State, for comments have been unsuccessful at the time of reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Niger State Governor Umar Bago suspended all forms of mining activities in the state in August 2023.<\/p>\n<p>kidnapped. Press tab to insert.<\/p>\n<p>Niger: Many trapped in collapsed mining site<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unconfirmed number of individuals have been reported trapped following the collapse of a mining pit in Galadima Kogo, Shiroro&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[384,9102,15,1282],"tags":[2604,2875,387,1007,180,1283,2601,15983],"class_list":["post-35679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","category-mining","category-news","category-niger","tag-collapsed","tag-many","tag-metro","tag-mining","tag-news","tag-niger","tag-site","tag-trapped"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}