*Executive Secretary of the Solid Mineral Development Fund, Fatima Umar Shinkafi
The Solid Minerals Development Fund is hosting two live information sessions for prospective applicants seeking grant funding under its EMERGE initiative, the agency has announced.
This is to provide interested...
The NSCDC Mining Marshals have commended the Nigerian Army for synergy and cooperation in the fight against illegal mining, following the arrest and handover of 18 suspected illegal miners apprehended at an illegal mining site in Izom, Gurara LGA...
More than 100 people were killed in the Central African Republic (CAR) after a gold mine collapsed near the border with Cameroon, according to rescuers and local officials. The disaster occurred on Tuesday at a mining site...
By Yunus Olawale The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has called for deeper collaboration with Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Mining Marshals as concerns mount over the growing links between illegal mining, organised crime and...
Solid Minerals Development Minister Dele Alake has warned illegal miners to stop committing suicide by extracting minerals from abandoned pits without licences, and has called on investors to partner with the government to repurpose such sites for profitable projects.Reacting...
MD Abubakar Sadiq Omar leads exercise in Wasa and Takushara, planting more than 20 trees himself as company partners hail a new standard for environmental responsibility in Nigeria's extractive sector
WASA/TAKUSHARA, FCT-ABUJA — Under a wide morning sky in the...
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has presided over the signing of a $2 million supplementary lithium agreement between the state government and Diamond New Energy, following his recent visit to China.
The ceremony was held at the Nasarawa State...
The Taraba state Anti-Illegal Mining Taskforce on Thursday said it repatriated scores of illegal miners from Taraba to their home states of Sokoto, Gombe, Bauchi Niger and Zamfara states.
The chairman of the Task Force, Jamu Emmanuel, told journalists that...
By Yunus Olawale
Nigeria's mining sector is in mourning. As funeral rites commence for Dr. Emeka Flemin Okengwu, colleagues across the industry are remembering a man whose career was built on a simple but firmly held conviction: that Nigeria's true...
*Prof Ige
Agency says five-day monitoring records no structural damage
The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, through the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) has assured residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the earth tremor recorded in parts of Abuja...
