*Photo: Governor Uba Sani(middle) at the signing of the MoUs *
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has signed two landmark Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) valued at $500 million with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) to unlock the state's solid minerals potential and drive...
Determined to usher a new lease of life for African economies, Nigeria and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have called for stronger African control over the continent’s vast mineral resources, advocating data sovereignty, regional collaboration and strategic financing as...
The Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC) has confirmed the death of one of its officers during an attack at an illegal mining site in Korokpa VILLAGE, Niger State.
According to a statement signed...
*Photo: Commander of the Mining Marshals, ACC Attah John Onoja (left), speaking during a visit to the palace of the Ejeh of Ankpa and Chairman of the Ankpa Traditional Council, His Royal Highness Abubakar Ahmed, on Thursday *
The Mining...
*Photo: Kano State Executive Council Meeting, Presided over by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf(right) on Wednesday *
The Kano State Executive Council, has approved the formal establishment and full operationalisation of the Kano State Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO),...
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of two individuals and a company for illegal mining activities in violation of the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act, 2007.The convicts, Samuel Sunday...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, 22nd , July 2026, turned its attention to the devastating coal mining tragedy in Kogi State as Senator Jibrin Isah Echocho (APC, Kogi East) called for urgent federal intervention following the death of about...
*President Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe recorded an 84 percent surge in mineral export revenue in the first half of 2026, generating a record US$2,532 billion from US$1,376 billion in the same period last year, the latest official statistics show.
In a statement, Minerals...
A Ghanaian court has convicted and sentenced a popular businessman and senior opposition politician Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years in prison for illegal mining activities.
The Accra High Court on Monday convicted the New...
*The SGF, Senator George Akume (representing President Bola Tinubu) and other dignitaries at opening ceremony of NMW2025
Over 3000 participants expected at Abuja event holding in OctoberThe year 2026 marks a defining moment for the Nigerian mining sector—a moment where...
