By Mohammed Abubakar HassanI read with concern the article by my brother, Mr. Kazeem Akintunde linking the current insecurity, banditry, and kidnapping in parts of the country to illegal mining, citing the recent happenings in Oyo State.With respect, this...
*Photo: Dr Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development*
The Federal Government has arrested two suspected illegal miners during a coordinated enforcement operation that led to the closure of an illegal mining site in Osun State.
The suspects, Danladi Isa and...
By Kazeem Akintunde
When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came into power three years ago, he shocked many Nigerians by appointing one of his trusted aides, Dele Alake, as Minister of Solid Minerals Development.
Alake was a former Commissioner for Information and...
Burkina Faso has awarded an industrial mining permit to state-owned miner SOPAMIB for the Bouboulou gold project, according to a statement, advancing the military-led government’s push for greater state control of the mining sector.
Military-led governments across the Sahel and...
In another victory for the Federal Government's mining sector reform agenda, Zamfara State Governor, Dr Dauda Lawal has commissioned a multi-billion-naira lithium mining and processing plant located in Boko village, within the Moriki Emirate of Kaura Namonda Local Government...
President Bola Tinubu has signed off on turning the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa into a full-fledged specialised university.The institution will now be known as the Federal University of Mining, Engineering and Technology, Nasarawa.
The announcement was made on Friday in a...
L-r:: President of the Physical and Earth Sciences Students’ Association (PESSA), University of Lagos (UNILAG), Mr. Ogunwoolu Olalabi; Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Folasade Ogunsola; Executive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajiya Fatima Shinkafi; and Dean,...
*Dr. Charles Akindiji Akinola, MD/CEO of South West Development Commission*
Nigeria’s South West region, comprising Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo states, is renowned for its rich cultural heritage, agricultural potential, and emerging economic dynamism.
However, beneath its surface lies...
*Dr. Charles Akindiji Akinola*
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has congratulated Dr. Charles Akindiji Akinola, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the South West Development Commission SWDC, on his 70th birthday.
In a goodwill message, Governor Aiyedatiwa described Dr....
"If we do not act now, the peace Osun is known for will be sacrificed on the altar of gold”
*Photo: Governor Ademola Adeleke*
Governor Ademola Adeleke has taken steps to tackle increasing security challenges within the Osun mining sector, conveying...
