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…
The government of Enugu State may have to re-assess its plan to revive the mining activities in the state. This, according to stakeholders in the state, is with a purpose to ensuring that adequate environmental impact assessment is done at the sites and the interest of workers, majority of who are yet to be properly…
Anyone, including foreign nationals in the mining sector, who dares to promote unrest at the mining sites in Nigeria should be ready to face the fire. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, said on Thursday that the authorities would not sit back and allow any vested interest turn the sites to battle…
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has announced the approval of an N2.5bn from the Bank of Industry. The financial relief aims to ease funding access for Indigenous miners. Alake in a statement by the Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori, said the decision was resolved after a three-hour meeting with mining…
Oyo State government has called for deliberate actions by all stakeholders to end illegal mining, saying the act portends great danger to the environment, human existence and health. The director-general of Oyo State Mineral Development Agency and Chairman of Pacesetter Mineral Development Company (PMDC), Abiodun Oni, made the call during a stakeholders’ meeting aimed at…
