A Weekend Balderdash, – By Kehinde Bamigbetan
"Nigeria's low investment in solid minerals exploration is an international embarrassment and this administration is determined to reverse the stigma." *Photo: Kehinde Bamigbetan, Special Adviser to the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development.* The offensive article, Tinubu's Minister submits N200 billion budget for project already existing, was written to titilate your appetite for sensational hogwash, the pastime of gatecrashers into journalism. In...
Alake, Governors To Form Joint Mining Committee
*Photo: Dr Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development * Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Oladele Alake met 32 governors on Wednesday and forged a consensus to form a joint committee to resolve mining issues between both parties. The meeting, hosted by the Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum, Kwara State Governor AbdulRasak Abdulrahman marked a high point in the Minister's efforts...
FG Cracks Down on Illegal Mining, Impounds 10 Trucks and Charges Suspects to Court
In a significant blow to illegal mining operations, the Federal Government has impounded 10 trucks and charged suspects to court for illegal possession and movement of minerals. This crackdown is part of the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals' 7-point agenda to sanitize the mining sector. According to reports, the Mining Marshals drafted from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,...
ALAKE, GOVS TO FORM JOINT MINING COMMITTEE
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Oladele Alake met 32 governors on Wednesday and forged a consensus to form a joint committee to resolve mining issues between both parties. The meeting, hosted by the Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum, Kwara State Governor AbdulRasak Abdulrahman marked a high point in the Minister's efforts to apply the principle of co-operative federalism to resolve...
PRESS RELEASE: ALAKE, GOVS TO FORM JOINT MINING COMMITTEE
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Oladele Alake met 32 governors on Wednesday and forged a consensus to form a joint committee to resolve mining issues between both parties. The meeting, hosted by the Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum, Kwara State Governor AbdulRasak Abdulrahman marked a high point in the Minister's efforts to apply the principle of co-operative federalism to resolve...
FG Launches Mineral Resources Decision Support System
*Photo R-L: Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund, Hajiya Fatima Shinkafi, Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Mary Ogbe during the official launch of Nigerian minerals Resource Decision Support System Software in Abuja on May 14, 2024.* To boost the ease of doing business...
EFCC Reiterates Commitment to Tackling Illegal Mining Activities in Kwara
"Kwara State is one of the States of the Federation blessed with large quantities of mineral deposits such as lithium, lepidolite, petroleum, and gold among others. These natural minerals, if properly harnessed, have the capacity to sustain the economy of this country." The Acting Zonal Director of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Harry...
Tinubu hosts two giant lithium investors, vows to make Nigeria battery manufacturing hub
*Photo: President Bola Tinubu (middle) when he hosted the investors (left)* President Bola Tinubu has commended the inauguration of Nigeria's largest lithium processing plant in Lafia, Nasarawa State, hailing it as a clear indication of the country's attractiveness for foreign investment. President Tinubu made the remarks on Friday, 10th May, 2024, in Abuja during a meeting with Governor Abdullahi Sule...
Tinubu Commissions Lithium Processing Factory in Nasarawa
Photo R-L: Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake; Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State and Governor Abdullahi Sule at the commissioning on Friday * President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday commissioned a Lithium processing factory built in Nasarawa State by a Chinese firm, Avatar New Energy Materials Company Limited. The commissioning, which took place at...
Alake seeks Senate Support For Exploration Funding
Photo L-R: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, member, Senate committee on Solid Minerals Development, Senator, Amos Yohanna, Sen. Mustapha Khabeeb, Chairman, Senate committee on Solid Minerals Development, Sen. Ekong Sampson and Senator, Onawu Ogoshi during an Investigative hearing on "The need to comprehensively review the input and output values of the Nigeria Mining Industry in the...
