{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Nigeria","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria","author_name":"alico","author_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico","title":"Tackling illegal mining","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Scy205c4Xj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tackling-illegal-mining\">Tackling illegal mining<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tackling-illegal-mining\/embed#?secret=Scy205c4Xj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Tackling illegal mining&#8221; &#8212; Nigeria\" data-secret=\"Scy205c4Xj\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Solid-minerals.jpg","thumbnail_width":500,"thumbnail_height":320,"description":"In\u00a0spite of the Federal Government\u2019s resolve to diversify the economy through the exploitation of solid minerals, among others, it is sad that illegal mining is reportedly thriving in six states in the country. The states are Niger, Plateau, Zamfara, Ebonyi Enugu and Imo. According to the report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) [&hellip;]"}