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Dangote Granite Mines disburses scholarships to students in Ijebu-Igbo host communities
As part of its social investment programme aimed at promoting educational development in its host communities, Dangote Granite Mines Limited has awarded multi-million naira...
My achievements as MD of Kaduna Mining Development Company – Engr...
*If mining was about unlocking mineral value, this new office is about unlocking human potential."
*Photo: Engr Shuaibu SK Bello*
In a short but defining period...
How unregulated artisanal mining fuels Nasarawa’s out of school children phenomenon
By Chris Nyamtu* Mother's and children at a mining site/Photo: Chris Nyamtu
In Nasarawa State, a disturbing trend is unfolding. As the solid minerals sector...
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Africa will not accept another era of colonial-style resource extraction as global demand for critical minerals grows, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has told the UN General Assembly (UNGA), calling for structural reforms to address historical injustices.The remarks come...
*L-R: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake and the United States Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau.
Nigeria and the United States have signed an agreement to deepen American investment in Nigeria’s mining sector and accelerate the development of...
The Nasarawa State Government has threatened to shut down Matrix Mining Company over alleged unsafe mining practices and the discharge of contaminated processing water into community water sources in Wamba Local Government Area.
The state government said the action was...
The government and people of Enugu State, alongside the Nigerian mining and business community, are mourning the transition of Pa Gabriel Ogbonnaya Okoro, who passed away peacefully at the age of 84.
Pa Okoro was the father of Jude Okoro,...
....Determined to mitigate human and material losses due to mine collapses in Africa
From left front row: Chadian Minister, Madame Fatima Acyl, Tanzanian Minister Anthony Mavunde, CEO, African Finance Corporation, Samaila Zubairu, Solid Minerals Development Minister and AMSG chairman,Dele Alake,...
Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has inaugurated a ten-member Independent Investigative Committee, constituted on the directive of President Bola Tinubu, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 37 people in Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)...
At a ceremony witnessed by tens of traditional rulers, community and business leaders from within and outside Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State, Oba Ayandele Olaitan Oyebisi Ayanleke-Elegbede) was presented with the staff of office as the...
Women in Mining Nigeria (WIMIN) has condemned the deaths of 37 artisanal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Niger State, demanding an independent judicial inquiry, accountability and urgent reforms of...
*L-R: Governor Abdullahi A. Sule and VP Kashim Shettima in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule has reiterated his commitment to seeking opportunities to open the state to global investments, particularly...
President Bola Tinubu has called for a fresh continental push to end the historical exploitation of Africa's critical mineral resources, urging African nations to unite and halt the export of raw materials.
Accordingly, he demanded an aggressive alliance among African...
