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SMDF Extends EMERGE Grant Application Deadline to September 7
The Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF) has extended the deadline for applications for its Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment (EMERGE) programme to September 7, 2026. The extension provides additional time for eligible applicants to submit proposals for the grant programme, which is designed to support early-stage mineral exploration, critical minerals development, research and development in Nigeria. The EMERGE programme...
Why we shut Stone Rockers quarry site in Abuja— Mining Marshals
* Photo: John Onoja Attah, Commander, Mining Marshals* The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Mining Marshals have defended the continued closure of the Stone Rockers Nigeria Limited quarry site in Abuja. The agency said the facility remains a crime scene in an ongoing criminal case before the Federal High Court. The clarification followed a petition by Stone Rockers Nigeria Limited...
Alake, Taraba Governor Seek Safer Investment Environment for Mining Sector
*Photo L-R: Dr Dele Alake and Governor Agbu Kefas* The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, and the Governor of Taraba State, Dr Agbu Kefas, have renewed efforts to strengthen collaboration towards creating a safe and conducive environment for investors in the state’s solid minerals sector. The commitment was made during a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Solid...
Nigeria, Japan To Deepen Partnership On Critical Minerals, Investment, Technology
Nigeria and Japan have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening their longstanding bilateral relations and building a more strategic, results-oriented and mutually beneficial partnership. The commitment was made at the conclusion of the 10th Nigeria-Japan Special Partnership Forum (NJSPF), held in Abuja on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Established in 2001 as a framework for regular bilateral consultations on matters of mutual interest,...
Ottor Authur, MD of Ottor Global Services writes Alake on illegal mining and repatriation Nigerians to their states of origin
*Photo: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake* AN OPEN LETTER TO THE HONOURABLE MINISTER Sir, I write as a concerned Nigerian citizen. First, illegal mining must not be accepted or normalized as a means of livelihood. It destroys our environment, fuels insecurity, and deprives both the state and future generations of legitimate resources. No citizen should be forced by poverty or...
NSCDC boss presents Mining Marshals’ Commander with meritorious award
*Audi (right) presenting award to Onoja The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has honoured the Commander of the Mining Marshals, Assistant Commandant of Corps (ACC) Attah John Onoja, with a meritorious award for his outstanding service to the nation. The Commandant General of the NSCDC, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, presented the meritorious award to the workaholic commander during the...
Kano Government Reaffirms Commitment to CDA Implementation by Mining Firms
*Photo: Kano State Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Alhaji Hamza Safiyanu Kachako(right),at the formal commencement of the 2026 CDA projects by Century Mining Company (CMC)* The Kano State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that mining companies operating in the state comply with Community Development Agreements (CDAs) for the benefit of host communities. The Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Alhaji Hamza Safiyanu...
NSCDC vows continuous crackdown on illegal mining, banditry
*Mr Onoja (left) receiving an award from Mr Sunday Odita of DECAN By Martha Obi, AbujaThe Commander, Mining Marshals, of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr John Attah Onoja, has vowed to sustain efforts to dismantle illegal mining cartels and disrupt illicit financing linked to banditry, kidnapping and terrorism.Onoja made the commitment last Thursday in Abuja when...
African Minerals Strategy Group mourns death of 100 miners in CAR, says mineral wealth must not come at cost of human lives
The African Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG) has sent its deepest condolences to the Government and people of the Central African Republic, and most especially to the families who have lost loved ones in the recent gold mine collapse in the country.More than 100 miners were killed on Tuesday following the collapse of a gold-mining site in Zamboye, in the...
CEO and his mining company arraigned for alleged N990m fraud
*Photo: Olatunji Oluwaseun Adebola* The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Thursday, August 20, 2026, arraigned the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Brookfield Group Holdings, Olatunji Oluwaseun Adebola,( a.k.a Whitelion) before Justice C. Ngozi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, for an alleged N990,000,000 (Nine Hundred and Ninety Million...
