SMDF hosts information sessions to aid applicants for mining grants
*Executive Secretary of the Solid Mineral Development Fund, Fatima Umar Shinkafi
The Solid Minerals Development Fund is hosting two live information sessions for prospective applicants...
Mining Marshals hail Nigerian Army For Handing Over Illegal Miners
The NSCDC Mining Marshals have commended the Nigerian Army for synergy and cooperation in the fight against illegal mining, following the arrest and handover...
Over 100 killed as gold mine collapses in African state
More than 100 people were killed in the Central African Republic (CAR) after a gold mine collapsed near the border with Cameroon, according to...
UNODC, NSCDC to partner against illegal mining activities linked to terror funding
By Yunus Olawale The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has called for deeper collaboration with Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps...
Plateau mining tragedy: Alake warns illegal miners, woos investors to transform abandoned pits
Solid Minerals Development Minister Dele Alake has warned illegal miners to stop committing suicide by extracting minerals from abandoned pits without licences, and has...
Steron Community Development Foundation Plants 100 Trees in Its Befriend a Tree Initiative
MD Abubakar Sadiq Omar leads exercise in Wasa and Takushara, planting more than 20 trees himself as company partners hail a new standard for...
Nasarawa seals fresh $2m lithium deal with Chinese firm Diamond Energy
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has presided over the signing of a $2 million supplementary lithium agreement between the state government and Diamond...
Taraba mining taskforce repatriates ‘illegal miners’ to Sokoto, Bauchi, Niger, Gombe, Zamfara
The Taraba state Anti-Illegal Mining Taskforce on Thursday said it repatriated scores of illegal miners from Taraba to their home states of Sokoto, Gombe,...
Mining community mourns Emeka Okengwu
By Yunus Olawale
Nigeria's mining sector is in mourning. As funeral rites commence for Dr. Emeka Flemin Okengwu, colleagues across the industry are remembering a...
Abuja Tremor: NGSA assures residents, says no ongoing seismic activity
*Prof Ige
Agency says five-day monitoring records no structural damage
The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, through the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) has assured residents...
