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IN a refreshing analysis, President Bola Tinubu has identified one of the triggers for Islamic terrorism: terrorists are using the proceeds of illegal mining to support their nefarious crusade. There is no doubting this. Having acknowledged this evil link, the next assignment before Tinubu is to muster the resources, intelligence, and political will to eradicate illegal mining in all its forms.

Alake, delivering his keynote address at the mining conference organised by the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies

Nigeria is poised to produce 4,000 tonnes of lithium per day, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, said on Monday in Abuja. Declaring open a two-day roundtable on Sustainable Development of Nigeria’s Mining Sector, Shettima said President Bola Tinubu would soon inaugurate Nigeria`s largest lithium factory capable of processing 4,000 metric tonnes of…

The Federal Government has disclosed that processes for enacting legislation for the establishment of the Nigerian Solid Minerals Corporation are already

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has charged the staff of the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development with

The Federal Government has revoked additional 924 dormant mining licenses. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake announced this on Wednesday in Abuja as he decried the racketeering of the issuance of the licences. He told newsmen that mining licence racketeering was impeding the development of the sector and obstructing genuine investors from showing

The revoked 928 dormant licences include 528 exploration licences, 20 mining leases, 101 quarry licences, and 273 Small Scale Mining Licences (SSML).

The federal government has revoked another 924 mineral titles due to inactivity at the mining sites.

      The Nigerian government has announced the revocation of 924 licences of dormant miners comprising exploration, mining, small-scale mining and quarrying. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr. Dele Alake, who made this known at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, said the revocation of the licences is in furtherance of the government’s efforts to sanitise the country’s mining sector.

Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake announced this on Wednesday in Abuja as he decried the racketeering of the issuance of the licences.