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 rescuers and local officials. The disaster occurred on Tuesday at a mining site in Zamboye, in the country’s western Nana-Mambere prefecture. Several underground galleries reportedly caved in while miners were working below ground....
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 Mining Marshals as concerns mount over the growing links between illegal mining, organised crime and terrorism across Nigeria, West Africa and the Sahel.The call was made during a strategic visit by a UNODC delegation to...
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 called on investors to partner with the government to repurpose such sites for profitable projects.Reacting to the collapse of an abandoned tin mine pit on an unlicensed site in Kassa, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area...
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 environmental responsibility in Nigeria's extractive sector WASA/TAKUSHARA, FCT-ABUJA — Under a wide morning sky in the twin host communities of Wasa and Takushara, staff of Steron Group knelt beside community members in the red earth of...
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 New Energy, following his recent visit to China. The ceremony was held at the Nasarawa State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja, on Friday. Speaking at the event, Governor Sule thanked the investors for their confidence in Nasarawa State and...
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, Bauchi Niger and Zamfara states. The chairman of the Task Force, Jamu Emmanuel, told journalists that the taskforce remains unwavering in its mandate to rid the state of all forms of illegal mining activities which have...
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 man whose career was built on a simple but firmly held conviction: that Nigeria's true wealth lay beneath its soil, waiting to be developed with competence, integrity, and purpose. Dr. Okengwu was, in the words of...
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 of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the earth tremor recorded in parts of Abuja on August 4, 2026, has completely subsided and poses no threat to lives and property. The assurance followed more than five...
7 killed in Plateau mining pit collapse
At least seven miners have been confirmed killed after a mining pit collapsed at Kassa community in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.Several miners were also reported injured in the accident which occurred on Wednesday evening while the miners were working at the site.A resident of the community, Albert Danlami, said the incident occurred at about...
Niger State Assembly Passes Mineral Resources Bill Into Law
*Photo: Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Barr. Abdulmalik Mohammed Sarkin-Daji* The Niger State House of Assembly has passed into law a Bill to provide for the administration of mineral resource-related activities, check insecurity, promote environmental protection and host community development, and establish the Niger State Mineral Resources Holding Company for State participation in mineral development and related matters, 2026. The...
