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EFCC arrests 8 people, six trucks for alleged illegal mining...
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eight persons and six trucks for...
We shut the Plateau mining site where 37 miners died recently...
A former governor of Ekiti and former Minister of Mines and Steel, Kayode Fayemi has blamed the tragedy at the mining site in Plateau...
Ooni, at Africa Mining Indaba projects Nigeria for foreign investments as...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has urged global investors to channel their capital into Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, declaring the country...
Critical mineral supply faces risks if local communities aren’t consulted enough:...
By Clement Sefa-Nyarko/TheConversation
Clean technologies depend on critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt. Over 65% of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic...
Plateau’s Wase deaths: Minister of Solid Minerals closes site, dispatches forensic...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake has ordered the closure of areas covered by Mining Licence 11810 operated by Solid Unit...
38 miners killed in suspected carbon monoxide gas explosion in Plateau...
At least 38 people have been killed and many others injured following a gas explosion at a lead mining site in central Nigeria's Plateau...
EFCC secures interim attachment order on trucks used to ferry suspected...
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, secured an interim attachment order for nine...
Three feared dead, many injured in Ebonyi mining pit collapse
A mining pit at Enyim Agalegu community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State collapsed on Saturday, leaving at least three persons dead...
SMDF begins 2026 training for staff of Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining...
By Martha AgasThe Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF) has begun its 2026 training for the staff of the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative...
China rejects US accusation of illegal mining, terrorism funding in Nigeria
*Kwara State Government with Chinese investors at a recent MOU signing between both parties
The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has rejected allegations linking Chinese mining...
