The Federal Government of Nigeria has sealed a major illegal gold mining site in Ileki Ijesa, Osun State, signaling a ...

The Federal Government has sealed an illegal gold mining site in Osun State and says it is intensifying efforts to identify and prosecute the financiers behind illicit mining operations.

The measures may not be unconnected with the allegations associating solid minerals, such as gold, with banditry and insurgency in some parts of the countryThe Yobe and Adamawa state governments have ...

The Taraba Anti-Illegal Mining Taskforce on Monday arrested two suspected illegal miners during a raid on a gold mining site at Mayo Kam in Gantu village, Bali Local Government Area of the state.The ...

The Federal Government has arrested two suspected illegal miners during a coordinated enforcement operation that led to the closure of an illegal mining site in Osun State. The suspects, Danladi Isa ...

The House of Representatives has intensified efforts to tackle illegal mining, insecurity and illicit financial flows in Nigeria’s extractive sector, warning that unchecked exploitation of mineral ...

Nigeria is endowed with over 44 strategic solid minerals in about 450 locations across the country. This puts her mining sector in a vantage position to dislodge oil as major revenue earner and ...

( 93,950 Megawatts ) are not just figures in this context, rather these are the actual numbers of untapped potential carbon-emission-free energy sources in Nigeria alone. These stats include 68 ...

Africa is the world’s leading minerals destination. Yet, it remains the poorest continent, contributing less than 3% GDP to the global economy. This economic paradox has elicited intense academic ...

Gunmen have killed at least 20 people in an attack in a gold mining village in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state, residents and Amnesty International said. Details on a possible motive for the ...