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,...
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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’...
*Yemi Cardoso, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria(2nd left) and Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi, Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund(2nd right) and officials of the agency at the presentation ceremony
The Executive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajiya Fatima Umaru...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has commended the Executive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Fatima Shinkafi, for what it called her visionary leadership, creativity, and innovative efforts in advancing Nigeria’s economic growth.
According to a...
More than 200 people have been killed, including dozens of children, in a major landslide at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), officials reported on Wednesday. The disaster struck the Kasasa mining...
*Photo R-L: Yemi Cardoso, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria and Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi, Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund*
The Central Bank of Nigeria has received domestically sourced gold refined to international standards into the country’s foreign reserves, raising its total...
