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Emmanuel Akinwotu

Emmanuel Akinwotu is a journalist with AFP.

The highly poisonous element occurs naturally and in high abundance in Zamfara’s gold-rich areas, escaping into the air when the dusty rock is pounded to extract the precious specks.

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Gold miners face dangerous life in Nigeria’s ‘bandit’ country

The mineral-rich earth of Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, has provided generations of families with the means to make ends meet

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President Muhammadu Buhari. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

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Nigeria’s Buhari wins re-election

The former military ruler was first elected as civilian president of Africa’s most populous nation and leading oil producer in 2015

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Otedola was forced to distance himself from news reports based on tweets posted by one imitation account with more than 8 000 followers. (AFP)

Fake news accounts: Nigerian social media’s copycat issue

Femi Otedola has expressed his disappointment at the attempts at online fraud in his name

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