*Photo: Hon Kehinde Bamigbetan*
The coming visit of Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the United Kingdom is generating high expectations on the back of positive evaluations of his economic management by international rating agencies and policy institutions. The invitation...
Thirty-three young graduates of engineering, geology and related disciplines on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, underwent opening formalities for a 12-month training programme in pipeline engineering, corrosion control and monitoring.
Organised under the Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited and...
*Gov Muftwang of Plateau
The Plateau State Government has launched another round of crackdown on illegal mining activities in the state, citing environmental damage and threats to public safety. A recent operation by the anti-illegal mining task force resulted in...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially notified parliament of the deployment of personnel of the National Defense Force (SANDF) to assist the police in combating illegal mining in Gauteng Province.
The deployment, aimed at preserving law and order, comes...
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested 15 male suspects for their alleged involvement in illegal dealing on radioactive solid minerals.
The suspects were intercepted and arrested on Sunday, March 8,...
Dr Adeyemi
There is need for increased access to technical training and professional development to support women in the mining sector, the National President of Women in Mining in Nigeria (WIMIN), Dr Janet Adeyemi, has said. Dr Adeyemi made the...
Alleged illegal miners operating within Okpella axis of Edo Statewere among the 16 suspects just arrested for alleged sundry criminal activities in Edo and Kano States.
The coordinated arrests were carried out by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has credited the rapid growth of Nigeria’s solid minerals sector to President Bola Tinubu's reforms.According to Alake, the gains include increase in the sector's contribution to the Gross Domestic...
*Hajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi, Executive Secretary of Solid Minerals Development Fund*
As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2026 today, Sunday, 8 March, under the theme “Give to Gain,” the mining industry finds itself at a critical juncture. Long considered the ultimate...
Niger’s military government has cancelled concessions held by three gold mining and processing companies as it intensifies efforts to assert control over the country’s natural resources.The country's military government said Thursday it had canceled the three gold mining companies’...
