More than 3,000 attendees, 90+ sponsors and exhibitors and a new Critical Minerals Forum set the stage for the 11th edition, 12 to 14 October 2026On Tuesday morning, the operator of Nigeria’s first commercial gold mine, Africa Finance Corporation...
*Kano State Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Alhaji Hamza Safiyanu Kachako.
The Kano State Ministry of Mineral Resources and the Kano State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS) have agreed to strengthen collaboration and plug revenue leakages in the state’s mineral resources sector.
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"The STERON Dignity Project has shown Takushara that someone has not looked away"
*Photo:Group Captain Rakiya Omar (Rtd), President of Steron Group.
Every community has things it does not say out loud. In Takushara, one of those things has always been...
Troops of the 12 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have arrested 14 suspected illegal miners in Kogi State as part of ongoing operations to curb criminality and illegal mining activities in the state. The suspects were apprehended in two separate operations,...
*R-L: President Bola Tinubu and Dr Dele Alake.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, on his 70th birthday, describing him as a “steady hand,” forthright, upright and loyal ally whose...
By MIKI KAMIYAMACountries across Asia are stepping up efforts to capture more of the value generated by the recent gold boom, moving to increase refining of the gold production from their own mines or discourage exports through taxes and...
*Governor Agbu Kefas.
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has alleged that security personnel are facilitating illegal mining operations that are contributing to security challenges in parts of the state.
Speaking on Saturday during a round-table meeting with artisanal and small-scale miners...
*R-L: Alhaji Azeez Olatoye, FCTIand Mr Wahab Shina Omoniyi, FCTI.
The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has nominated two senior tax and public finance professionals, Alhaji Azeez Alatoye, FCTI, and Mr Wahab Shina Omoniyi, FCTI, as resource persons...
The Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), among major professional organizations, have endorsed the Nigeria Mining Tax Summit scheduled to hold in Abuja in November 2026.
While MAN formally accepted its invitation...
Suspected gunmen have shot and killed two artisanal miners from Heipang District, Barkin Ladi LGA, at a site near Kuru Jenta along the boundary of Jos South and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas in Plateau State.
The attack occurred late...
