*Photo L-R: Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and Dr Akinwumi Adesina*
The Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has congratulated Dr Akinwumi Adesina, former President of the African Development Bank and Nigeria's former Minister of Agriculture, on his appointment...
The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of three officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)'s Mining Marshals unit over the death of a senior colleague of the unit during an operation.
Messrs Simeon Yakubu Anyebe,...
*Photo: Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and former Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of Nigeria, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has been appointed as the inaugural Chairman of Botswana's newly established Diamonds for Development Fund.
The...
The Mining Marshals have brought 24 suspects — 15 Chinese nationals and nine Nigerians — before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged illegal lithium mining activities in Nasarawa State.
The defendants were arraigned before Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia after their...
The Commander of the Mining Marshals, an enforcement unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Attah John Onoja, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, alleging a coordinated attempt by operatives of the...
By Engel Schmidl
Three developments in the past week have highlighted a growing reality for Australian mining: success in critical minerals is increasingly being shaped not just by geology, project economics and engineering, but also by international relations and diplomacy.
As Western nations seek to diversify critical minerals...
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested three suspected illegal miners for allegedly transporting solid minerals believed to be lithium ore without valid documents.
The suspects, identified as Musa Abdullahi, 45yrs, Aliyu...
As government officials, mining executives and foreign investors gathered in Freetown for Sierra Leone Mining Week 2026, the language was polished: “value addition,” “beneficiation,” and “shared prosperity.”But beneath the conference slogans lies a harsher economic reality. Sierra Leone continues...
Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 22, 2026, ordered the final forfeiture of properties recovered from Chinese and Nigerians involved in illegal mining activities in Ogun State to the Federal...
Dr Alake with the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Türkiye, Alparslan Bayraktar during the signing of the MOU
The Governments of Nigeria and the Republic of Türkiye have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to...
