•Some Northern governors at a meeting of Northern Nigerian leaders in Kaduna yesterday  Worried by the worsening insecurity across the country, northern governors and traditional rulers have proposed the suspension of mining activities across the region for six months. Giving the proposal in a communiqué issued after a joint meeting of the No...
•Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State The Imo State government has announced an immediate and total ban on all forms of mining and dredging activities within the Owerri Capital Territory. The state government cited widespread environmental destruction caused by uncontrolled sand mining, reports Channels TV. The Commissioner for Industry, Mines ...
•Mining The Niger State government has carried out raids on some of the illegal mining sites across the state where many of the erring miners were arrested. Top on the list of those arrested include aged women, nursing mothers, their kids and children of school age, reports Vanguard. The state Ministry of Mineral Resources, Wednesday, [&hellip...
More than three weeks after a mining pit collapsed in Galkogo, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, over 30 miners have remained trapped, victims’ families and residents said. Recalls that labourers were working inside the 400-metre-deep pit owned by African Minerals and Logistics Limited when it caved in on June 3 after a heavy [&hel...
•Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake The federal government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, has revoked 924 dormant mineral licences. The Minister of Solid Development Minerals, Dele Alake, disclosed this information at a press conference today in Abuja. The revoked licences include 528 exploration licences,...
•Akinlade Olutunji The National President of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, Akinlade Olutunji, has said that no state governor in Nigeria has the legal right to ban mining activities in their states. He said that the mining act is found in the executive list and under the control of the federal government, reports Daily […...
•Scene of explosion As global mining and metals companies in Davos at the World Economic Forum commit to urgent action to support a nature positive future by 2030 that promotes the health, diversity and resilience of species, ecosystems, and natural processes, national and sub-national governments are still in a quandary on how to check the [&...
•Alake The Minister of Solid Mineral, Mr Dele Alake, has alleged that powerful Nigerians involved in illegal mining were responsible for other criminal activities and involved in sponsoring banditry and terrorism in the country. Alake said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals for the 2024 budget...
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