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…
No fewer than five Chinese nationals have been arrested for illegal mining by operatives of the Uyo zonal directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, the five alleged illegal miners were arrested by the special task force on illegal mining at Ndito-Eka-Iba village, in Ibieno Local Government…
Illegal miners will no longer have it cool in Nigeria. This is because the authorities have decided to haunt them and stop their illegal activities, which have over the time negatively impacted the economy. Following this development, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake has taken decisive action against illegal mining in Kogi and…
The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI has received the records of 198 companies in the mining and oil and gas sectors for auditing. This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of NEITI, Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, on Tuesday. He said the records contain the activities of the companies, which include government agencies. Orji disclosed…
For the government to encourage growth in the mining sector it must do an appraisal of the relevance and observance of the law on local content in the country. It must also do a proper assessment of its decision to increase rates in the sector. This is the position of the Association of Miners and…
