FG to leverage technology to combat illegal mining – Esther Udo
The Federal Government has intensified efforts to combat illegal mining by deploying technology-driven monitoring systems and strengthening enforcement through the Mining Marshals, the Director of the Integrated Processing and Marketing Department (IPMD) of the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Esther Udo, has said. Speaking during a panel session at the Delta State Economic and Investment Summit 2026, Udo said...
Alake leads FG mission to US, meets Trump officials on critical minerals investment, partnership
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has led a delegation from the Nigeria Solid Minerals Company (NSMC) to the White House for high-level talks aimed at strengthening strategic cooperation between Nigeria and the United States in the solid minerals sector. The ministry, in a statement, disclosed that the delegation met with David Copley, Special Assistant to the U.S....
Dukia Gold seminar shows how gold regained prime spot as global financial system evolves
By Yunus OlawaleAgainst the backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions, persistent inflationary pressures, shifting global trade alliances and growing concerns over the long-term stability of traditional reserve currencies, Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Refining Company Limited has called on investors to reposition their portfolios by embracing physical gold as a strategic asset capable of preserving wealth in an increasingly uncertain...
Lagos advocates mandatory geological and geotechnical investigations for infrastructural development
*Photo: Participants at a high-level Stakeholders' Engagement organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR)* The Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) has reaffirmed its commitment to safer, more resilient, and sustainable infrastructure through the domestication of regulations that will make subsurface geological and geotechnical investigations a mandatory prerequisite for infrastructural development across...
Taraba Governor signs executive orders on mining, others
*Photo: Governor Agbu Kefas* Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has signed three executive orders regulating mining activities to protect host communities, banning political thuggery, and intensifying the fight against drug abuse across the state. Kefas signed the executive orders on Sunday, 2nd August, 2026,at the Executive Chamber of the TY Danjuma House in Jalingo, describing the measures as critical steps towards...
Technology for Terrain: How Chinese Partnership Can Build Nigeria’s Mining Skills Base,- By Halima Imam
*Photo:Halima Imam* A mineral deposit is only as valuable as the capacity a nation has to work it. Nigeria's solid minerals sector has long suffered less from a shortage of geology and more from a shortage of processing technology, trained engineers, and the equipment needed to move from artisanal extraction to industrial-scale mining. This is the gap where a serious partnership...
Alleged illegal mining: Ebonyi community seeks Mining Marshal’s intervention
The Amalokpa development association ( ADA) of Ivon Local government of Eboniyi State has called on the Mining Marshals to wade into alleged illegal mining activities going on in their community.In a statement signed by the community Chairman, Mr Ajah Friday, the group claims activities of Greenfields Metals, said to be owned by one Henry Ahanato, was sponsoring unrest...
Niger State govt threatens illegal miners with arrest, prosecution
The Niger State Government at the weekend warned individuals, groups and companies engaged in illegal mining activities across the state to halt such operations immediately or face arrest and prosecution. The Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Mohammed Danjuma, who gave the warning, reiterated the government’s resolve to sanitise the mining sector and ensure strict compliance with existing laws and regulations governing...
Nigeria’s solid minerals reforms and the puerile penegrination of a serial blackmailer, by Kehinde Bamigbetan
By Kehinde BamigbetanSteve Kefas' latest fabrication of calumniating trivia, How Nigeria's Mineral Wealth is being handed over to the Chinese, published by 247ureports.com, deserves a rejoinder only because of its Goebbelsian trick: a lie repeatedly circulated may seem true if not exposed.In earlier versions of his propaganda in support of Jupiter, a British-Australian felonious firm whose alleged Nigerian subsidiary,...
Two Chinese bag five-year jail term for illegal mining in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentence of two Chinese Zhang Hong Lin and Gao Pei Hai, before Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, for conspiracy and the illegal mining of solid minerals. The defendants were arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on...
