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The Federal Government is set to unveil a bold financing initiative known as the “Africans for Africa Fund” to mobilise capital within the continent for the development of Africa’s mining and natural resource sectors. The announcement was made on Tuesday...
Africa has the potential to become a major market for Russian coal exports and could rank third after China and India in terms of supply volumes, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Dmitry Islamov has said in an interview with TASS. The...
By Engr Alexander Elemo, MNSE (Nig), FIEAust (Aus), & CPEng (Aus). Nigeria's mining sector stands at a pivotal juncture. Despite its vast mineral wealth—including gold, lithium, iron ore, and zinc—the sector contributes less than 1% to the nation's GDP. To...
*Photo: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake (2nd left) welcoming the  UNODC delegation led by Mr. Tom Parker(2nd right )* Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake on Monday received a delegation from the United...
By Bankole Shakirudeen AdesinaThe Nigerian mining industry was thrown into shock with the death of an industry giant and pioneer Director General of the Mining Cadastre Office (MCO), Engr Muhammed K. Amate on Friday, June 23rd in Maiduguri, Borno...
President of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS), Ms Rose Chundung Ndong, has called for stronger collaboration between government and the private sector to unlock the full potential of Nigeria’s mineral wealth. She made the call in Abuja...
Photo: Trump meets with Rwanda FM Olivier Nduhungirehe and DR Congo FM Therese Kayikwamba Wagner at the White House… Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed a peace agreement to end a decades-long conflict, which US President...
By Martha Agas The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, says 90 per cent of staff have been onboarded to the Target Setting System (TSS) platform. This is under the Federal Civil Service’s Performance Management System (PMS), aimed at...
By Bernard Daniel Nigeria is positioning itself to be the manufacturing hub for China to serve the African continent, with Nigeria's rich mineral resources as the main attraction. This was disclosed Thursday in Abuja by the Director General of...
A fossilized cockroach estimated to be 35 to 40 million years old has been discovered in a piece of amber in Russia’s Kaliningrad Region. The specimen was found during manual sorting at the Kaliningrad Amber Combine, a facility operated...

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