Benue State, known as Nigeria’s food basket, is fast becoming a hotspot for valuable minerals like lithium, zinc, iron, fluorite, lead and gold, some of which play a vital role in the transition to renewable energy.
But beneath this rush for resources lies a trail of insecurity, deaths, deforestation, and environmental ruin. Farmlands are shrinking, homes are displaced by armed groups, water sources are poisoned, and local communities are paying the price with their health and, in…
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