In a bid to woo German Investors, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has listed the energy and solid mineral sectors as key stimulants of his administration’s economic revival programme. The President said this in Abuja while playing host to the visiting German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the State House. In a statement by his Special Adviser…
The federal government has rejected a bill seeking to establish a special security outfit for mining sites across the country. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, stated the government’s opposition on Thursday at a public hearing on the bill held at the National Assembly. Titled, ‘Bill to establish Nigeria Mines Rangers Service (NMRS)’,…
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has revealed that gold mined in Nigeria is being illegally exported to the United Arab Emirates. Alake explained that this extensive illegal trade is hampering a potential economic partnership between Nigeria and the UAE, particularly in solid minerals. To counteract this challenge, the minister advocated for strengthened…
Dr. Dele Alake Minister of Solid Minerals Development while hosting Dauda Lawal, Governor, Zamfara State in his office in Abuja on Friday reiterated the need to eliminate impediments stifling mining development in the state, stressing the importance of Zamfara State to the country’s mining sector.According to Segun Tomori, Special Assistant on Media, Alake assured his…
Nigeria may soon get a law on Mines Rangers service, as part of efforts to introduce sanity to the mining sector in the country. This is because a law to that effect has gotten to the second reading in the Senate. The law will be known as the Nigeria Mines Rangers Service (NMRS). This proposed…
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed into Second Reading A Bill for a Law to Provide for the Regulation and Control of Issuance of Land Consent and Community Agreements to Mining Entities by Mining Communities and other Matters Related Thereto. The House had reconvened on Tuesday, the bill seeking to regulate and control…
Licenced miners in Rivers State under the aegis of the Miners Association of Nigeria have called for the intervention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to activities of illegal miners and alleged extortion by government officials, This call was made when the association’s chairman, His Royal Highness, Hope Daminabo Dan Opusingi, led his…
The Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Matthew Adepoju, has called on the federal government to end illegal mining activities in Abuja. Adepoju said this in response to the earth tremor experienced in the Mpape, Maitama, Gishiri and Katampe areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Director-General of the Nigerian…
In the bid to reposition the state’s mining sector for enhanced revenue generation Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has organised a two-day stakeholders’ forum aimed at exploring revenue generation strategies in the state’s mining sector and identify opportunities for sustainable development. While opening the consultative forum with key stakeholders on Emerging Reforms in Nigeria’s Mining Sector…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Emeka Nwite, has remanded a traditional ruler in Osun, Taofeeq Osunmakinde and four others in the Kuje Correctional Centre over alleged illegal gold mining. Oba Osunmakinde, the Obawore of Ifetuntun in Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun state was arraigned alongside Shehu Mustapha, Sabiru Hashim, Danbaba Ibrahim…
