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...
FG to Expand Facilities For Nationwide Seismic Monitoring
• Photo: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake (middle), Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), Professor Yusuf Aminu...
FG Announces New Mining Rates
"Under the new regime, investors applying for a Mining Lease license will pay N3 million, while Small Scale Mining Lease (SSML) applicants will pay...
EFCC Arrests 10 Suspected Illegal Miners in Oyo State
Operatives of Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 10 suspected illegal miners in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
They were...
22 miners feared dead as mining pit collapses in Adamawa, Taraba
*Photo: A mining site*
At least 22 miners are presumed dead following the collapse of a mining pit at an illegal mining site located within...
Dangote Granite Mines disburses scholarships to students in Ijebu-Igbo host communities
As part of its social investment programme aimed at promoting educational development in its host communities, Dangote Granite Mines Limited has awarded multi-million naira...
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 Sector: FG, RMAFC to Deepen Collaboration On Revenue Leakages
We Are Commited to Recovering Unpaid Royalties and Taxes - Alake.
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development and the Revenue...
Mining Marshals arrest 3 Chinese, 2 Nigerians for illegal mining in Nasarawa
Five people have been arrested in Nasarawa State by Mining Marshals (MM)for illegal mining.
The three Chinese and two Nigerians nationals were arrested on...
NANS calls for investigation into alleged illegal mining activities within OAU campus
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for investigations into the alleged illegal mining activities within the premises of Obafemi Awolowo University...
