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*Photo: Olatunji Oluwaseun Adebola* The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Thursday, August 20, 2026, arraigned the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Brookfield Group Holdings, Olatunji Oluwaseun Adebola,( a.k.a Whitelion) before Justice C. Ngozi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, for an alleged N990,000,000 […]
*Executive Secretary of the Solid Mineral Development Fund, Fatima Umar Shinkafi The Solid Minerals Development Fund is hosting two live information sessions for prospective applicants seeking grant funding under its EMERGE initiative, the agency has announced. This is to provide interested applicants with guidance on the funding opportunities, eligibility requirements and application process…
The NSCDC Mining Marshals have commended the Nigerian Army for synergy and cooperation in the fight against illegal mining, following the arrest and handover of 18 suspected illegal miners apprehended at an illegal mining site in Izom, Gurara LGA of Niger State. The suspects were arrested by troops of the 102 Guard Battalion during a […]
More than 100 people were killed in the Central African Republic (CAR) after a gold mine collapsed near the border with Cameroon, according to rescuers and local officials. The disaster occurred on Tuesday at a mining site in Zamboye, in the country’s western Nana-Mambere prefecture. Several underground galleries reportedly caved in while miners were working […]
By Yunus Olawale The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has called for deeper collaboration with Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Mining Marshals as concerns mount over the growing links between illegal mining, organised crime and terrorism across Nigeria, West Africa and the Sahel. The call was made during a strategic visit by […]
Solid Minerals Development Minister Dele Alake has warned illegal miners to stop committing suicide by extracting minerals from abandoned pits without licences, and has called on investors to partner with the government to repurpose such sites for profitable projects. Reacting to the collapse of an abandoned tin mine pit on an unlicensed site in Kassa, […]
MD Abubakar Sadiq Omar leads exercise in Wasa and Takushara, planting more than 20 trees himself as company partners hail a new standard for environmental responsibility in Nigeria’s extractive sector WASA/TAKUSHARA, FCT-ABUJA — Under a wide morning sky in the twin host communities of Wasa and Takushara, staff of Steron Group knelt beside community members […]
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has presided over the signing of a $2 million supplementary lithium agreement between the state government and Diamond New Energy, following his recent visit to China. The ceremony was held at the Nasarawa State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja, on Friday. Speaking at the event, Governor Sule thanked the investors for […]
The Taraba state Anti-Illegal Mining Taskforce on Thursday said it repatriated scores of illegal miners from Taraba to their home states of Sokoto, Gombe, Bauchi Niger and Zamfara states. The chairman of the Task Force, Jamu Emmanuel, told journalists that the taskforce remains unwavering in its mandate to rid the state of all forms of […]
By Yunus Olawale Nigeria’s mining sector is in mourning. As funeral rites commence for Dr. Emeka Flemin Okengwu, colleagues across the industry are remembering a man whose career was built on a simple but firmly held conviction: that Nigeria’s true wealth lay beneath its soil, waiting to be developed with competence, integrity, and purpose. Dr. […]
