Nigeria, July 13 -- The Federal Government has arrested two suspected illegal miners and shut down an illegal mining site in Osun State as part of its ongoing crackdown on unlawful mineral exploitation.

The operation, carried out by officials of the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development in collaboration with security agencies, targeted illegal artisanal mining camps at Ileki-Ijesa along the Ile-Ife-Ilesa Road.

The ministry, in a statement issued on Sunday by the minister's Special Assistant on Media, Lara Owoeye-Wise, said the operation followed credible intelligence on the activities of illegal miners operating in the area.

The two suspects, identified as Danladi Isa and Musa Kabiru, both in their twenties, were described as ...