Nigeria, March 11 -- The Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on March 7,2025, convicted and sentenced two Chinese, Yang Chao and Wu Shan Chuan, to prison for illegal mining of solid minerals in Kwara State.

The presiding judge, Justice Abimbola Awogboro, convicted the duo and their company, Crius Chemical Nigeria them Limited, after being prosecuted on a one-count charge bordering on dealing with illegal solid minerals mining.

The charge reads: "That you, Yang Chao, Wu Shan Chuan, and Crius Chemical Nigeria Limited, sometime in March 2024, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, engaged in dealing with minerals without lawful authority, thereby committing an offense contrary to and punishable under Section 134(b) of the Nige...