Mining sector
22 Mar
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, on Thursday, said that the continuing insecurity across the country had bedeviled the mining sector.
29 Jan
The Federal Government has planned to collaborate with the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to block revenue leakages in the mining sector.
13 Dec
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, and the World Bank, on Tuesday, indicated their resolve to collaborate to unlock financing and technical support for the development of the mining sector.
2 Dec
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7 Nov
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, on Monday, emphasized the significance of technology in sanitising and repositioning the mining sector for greater productivity to achieve a substantial contribution to Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in line with the renewed hope agenda of the Tinubu administration.
22 Oct 2023
Worried by the rampant dishonest practices in the mining industry, the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) has called on the Federal Government to implement proper legislation that would discourage quackery in the sector. President of the association, Prof. Akinade Olatunji, made the recommendation at a press briefing in Lagos, yesterday, to start the 252nd…
14 Oct 2023
Conversations are underway between the Minerals and Miners Centre (MMC), London, United Kingdom, and Nigerians in the diaspora who are interested in participating in the business activities of the Nigerian solid minerals sector. Indeed, international interest groups on mineral beneficiation, gemstones trading and other aspects of mining are equally set to meet and strike deals…
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President Bola Tinubu has called on the nation’s Judiciary to embark on reforms that will ensure functional justice system and support economic growth.
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Dr. Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that the party would provide solutions to the challenges bedevilling the country. Ganduje stated this during the APC grand finale campaign and the presentation of party flags to the 11 local council chairmanship candidates, on Wednesday in Gombe. The News Agency…
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Nigerian chess master and founder, ‘Chess in Slums Africa’, Tunde Onakoya has returned to Nigeria after he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest time playing chess without losing a game. Onakoya broke the record of Norwegian players, Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56-hour, 9-minute in 2018. He made his…
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The Rivers Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Isaac Kamalu, resigned his appointment on Wednesday. He is the second commissioner to resign from the cabinet on Wednesday after Gov. Siminialaye Fubara, announced a slight cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday. The first to resign was Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. In the cabinet reshuffle, the governor…
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In furtherance of efforts to sanitize the mining sector, the federal government has revoked 924 dormant licences spanning exploration, mining, small-scale mining, and quarrying Licenses, six months after revoking 1,663 licences. The revocation licences include 528 exploration licenses; 20 mining licences; 101 quarry licenses, and 273 Small Scale Mining Licenses (SSML). Minister of Solid Minerals…
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Donning hijabs and floor-length abaya gowns over shorts and tank tops, Chinese students at an e-commerce school perform into a smartphone camera as they learn how to sell the clothes to overseas TikTok users. It is the final day of a two-week course on selling products abroad via the short video app -- which despite…
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said over 2.5 million Nigerian students have so far enrolled on its Tertiary Education, Research, Applications and Services (TERAS) platform. Executive Secretary of the Fund, Arc. Sonny Echono stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at the Second Registrar's workshop and 75th business meeting of the Association of Registrars of…
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Palestinian militant group Hamas released on Wednesday a video of an Israeli-American man held hostage in Gaza and seen alive in the footage. Israeli media identified him as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was abducted from the Nova music festival in southern Israel during the Hamas attack on October 7. "I went to hang out with my…