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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.
ARTISINAL MINING

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

  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
4 min read
President Muhammadu Buhari. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS

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

  • Chris Stein
  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
  • Ola Awoniyi
4 min read
Otedola was forced to distance himself from news reports based on tweets posted by one imitation account with more than 8 000 followers. (AFP)
ATIKU ABUBAKAR

Fake news accounts: Nigerian social media’s copycat issue

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

  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
4 min read