A recent gold discovery in the Kaida community of Gwagwalada, Abuja, has sparked a massive influx of miners, many of whom are unlicensed. The area has been thr...
2 months ago | Victoria Otonye
Miners around the world face unimaginable hardships as they extract valuable minerals from deep beneath the earth's surface. Their labour is grueling, often in hazardous conditi...
Solid Minerals: Nigeria Dormant Wealth Awaiting Exploitation For decades, Nigeria’s economic narrative has been predominantly tied to cru...
Nigeria, a nation richly endowed with mineral resources, is intensifying efforts to transform its underexploited mining sector into a key pillar of economic growth. Despite the...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has announced plans to revoke 1,000 dormant mining licenses, in addition to the 900 licenses revoked in 2024.
Nigeria’s biggest problem isn’t the absence of policies or reforms it’s sabotage from within. Whenever a competent public servant steps forward to challenge entrenched inefficie...
3 months ago | Steadfast Mmesoma a writer at mining and exploration
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), a regulatory agency in the energy sector, has reported remarkable progress under President Bola Tinubu, the leader...
3 months ago | Steadfast
Under the visionary leadership of Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, the Mining Cadastre Office (MCO) has made remarkable strides in revitalizi...
5 months ago | Rachel Akper
MINISTRY OF SOLID MINERALS DEVELOPMENT (MSMD).PRESS RELEASEThe Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria has harped on the imperative of enhanced collabo...
5 months ago | Adeyanju Marvelous
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has praised Nigeria’s Electronic Mining Cadastre Plus (eMC+) system as a model for regional integration, tran...
5 months ago | Steadfast
Brazil’s state-owned oil giant, Petrobras, is staging a return to Nigeria’s oil sector, targeting deepwater acreage as part of a broader strategy to rebuild its reserves and div...
5 months ago | Chioma Jenny
Nigeria has generated nearly ₦7 billion in mining license fees in the first quarter of the year, according to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake.&n...
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