Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals
27 Jul
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Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals

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Politics tamfitronics Brazil has had a long history of gold mining, going all the way back to the Portuguese empire. In the 1970s, as the country opened its forests for migration, many families headed for the recently discovered gold fields in Carajás, Tapajós, Roraima, Madre de Dios and the Guiana Coast and started exploring them, with support by governments.Wildcat miners or garimpeiros extract ‘free gold’ from secondary deposits using placer-mining technology. Gold-bearing mineral formations typically are classified as primary (hard-rock) or...
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NNPC Reacts to Petrol Scarcity in Parts of Lagos and Abuja, Reveals Cause
27 Jul
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NNPC Reacts to Petrol Scarcity in Parts of Lagos and Abuja, Reveals Cause

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Politics tamfitronics The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has attributed the scarcity in parts of Lagos and Abuja to a hitch in the discharge operations of a couple of vessels.In a statement released on Saturday, Olufemi Soneye, the chief corporate communications officer of NNPC, explained that the company is working tirelessly with stakeholders to resolve the challenge and restore normalcy in fuel supply and distribution.“The NNPC Ltd. wishes to state that the tightness in fuel supply and distribution witnessed in some parts of Lagos and the FCT is as a result of a hitch in the discharge operations of a couple of vessels,” Soneye said.“The Company further states that it is working round the clock with all stakeholders to resolve the situation and restore normalcy in the operations.”The petrol scarcity comes on the heels...
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JUST IN: “He is Just a Mad Dog” – Senator Ndume Carpets Atiku’s Ex-aide, Bwala
27 Jul
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JUST IN: “He is Just a Mad Dog” – Senator Ndume Carpets Atiku’s Ex-aide, Bwala

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Politics tamfitronics Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, who represents Southern Borno, has knocked Mr. Daniel Bwala, a former critic of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ex-aide to Atiku Abubakar, a former presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Ndume described Bwala as a “Mad Dog” who can only be a political liability to President Tinubu.The senator’s reaction came after Bwala accused him of planning to mobilize youths in his local government, Hawul, to attack him. Ndume has denied the allegations, stating that Bwala is trying to get sympathy from President Tinubu.Ndume expressed disappointment that Bwala claims to be an indigene of Hawul but cannot trace his actual roots. He also criticized Bwala’s strategy of attacking him on social media to get attention and sympathy from the President.His words: ” Ordinarily, I do not want...
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Kamala Harris narrows gap with Donald Trump in polls from her first week
27 Jul
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Kamala Harris narrows gap with Donald Trump in polls from her first week

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Politics tamfitronics The Wall Street Journal poll found similar shifts, accounting for a surge in Democratic enthusiasm. (Photo: Bloomberg)By Gregory KorteThe polling is in, and Kamala Harris has narrowed the gap with Donald Trump.Taken together, seven national polls taken since Harris launched her presidential bid Sunday after Joe Biden’s exit from the race have cut the Democrats’ deficit about in half. Some closely watched polls — including a Wall Street Journal poll on Friday — have her in a statistical tie with the former president.A New York Times/Siena poll on Thursday found that Harris had closed the gap by 6 or 7 percentage points, depending on whether third parties are included.Harris’ gain comes largely from parts of the Democratic coalition that had soured on Biden. While the 81-year-old president was winning just 59 per cent...
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