By Gilbert Joseph Jos – On Wednesday, February 18, the country awoke to yet another damning, and avoidable reality check: the perilous risks a teeming youthful population undertakes in a desperate bid to earn a living. Across Nigeria’s mineral-rich belts, young men descend several metres underground, burrowing through suffocating tunnels in search of mineral resources. […] The post How many more must die? Nigeria’s mining safety reckoning appeared first on Vanguard News .