Tag: #SolidMinerals
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NSCDC ARRESTS 3 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL MINERS, IMPOUNDS TWO TIPPERS IN ANAMBRA
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested three suspected illegal sand miners and impounded two tippers during a raid at Obiaja River in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The State Commandant, Mr Olatunde Maku, disclosed this on Thursday in Awka, saying the suspects were arrested by the command’s Mines…
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FG ASSURES ABUJA RESIDENTS AFTER MILD EARTH TREMOR, ORDERS CONTINUOUS MONITORING
The Federal Government has assured residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that there is no cause for alarm after a mild earth tremor was recorded in parts of Abuja. According to the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), the light seismic event occurred at about 11:23 a.m. on Tuesday August 4 and was classified as…
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PLATEAU MINE SEALED AFTER DEADLY GAS LEAK KILLS 37
Tragedy in Zurak as toxic gas claims dozens of lives—Minister orders mine closure and full investigation. The Federal Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, has ordered the immediate sealing of a mining site in Zurak, Wase LGA, Plateau State, following a deadly gas leak that killed at least 37 miners and hospitalized 25 others. Preliminary…
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ALAKE VOWS JUSTICE FOR POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN NIGER MINING CLASH
Minister says killers of slain officer will be “smoked out” as crackdown on illegal mining intensifies. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has vowed that those behind the killing of a police officer during an anti-illegal mining operation in Niger State will face the full weight of the law. The officer was part…
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EFCC RAIDS ILLEGAL MINERS, SEIZES LITHIUM TRUCKS IN KWARA
10 suspects arrested as anti-graft agency targets unlicensed mineral operations. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stepped up its crackdown on illegal mining in Kwara State, arresting nine truck drivers and an escort and impounding trucks loaded with lithium, tin, and lepidolite along the Ilorin–Ogbomosho corridor. EFCC’s Dele Oyewale confirmed the suspects had…
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ILLEGAL MINING CRACKDOWN: KWARA COURT JAILS MAN FOR 5 YEARS
No licence, no mercy. A Kwara State High Court has sentenced 52-year-old Ilori Elicanah to five years in prison for illegally mining and possessing solid minerals, in a landmark conviction secured by the EFCC. Justice Abimbola Awogboro ruled that Elicanah had no lawful authority or mining licence, dismissing claims that he acted on verbal permission…
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NO GOLD REFINERY SAGA: FG CLARIFIES LAGOS CONTROVERSY
Amid rising claims and counterclaims, the Federal Government has moved to set the record straight over reports of a federally owned gold refinery in Lagos. The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development on Sunday dismissed allegations by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) that the government violated the federal character principle by siting a gold refinery in…
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MINISTER DEMANDS CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS CHARGING TUITION IN FOREIGN CURRENCY
Charging tuition fees in dollars or pounds? Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals wants such schools shut down, calling the practice a major threat to the economy. At the Nigeria Gold Day Celebration during the 10th Nigeria Mining Week in Abuja, Minister Dr. Dele Alake condemned schools that charge fees in foreign currency. He called it…
