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A private mining syndicate has made a potentially “world class and highly unusual” Nickel discovery in Nigeria, Premium Times quoted an Australian national newspaper, The Australian as reporting. According to the report, the private mining syndicate is reportedly headed by Hugh Morgan, an...

The Federal Government has named about 43 mines officers to be deployed in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The appointment was as a result of the diversion of explosives to militants operating in the Niger Delta region. Some of those to be deployed will serve...

Nigeria's Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi has ordered the immediate sealing off of the Nigerian Development and Construction Company (NDCC). Fayemi gave the order on Thursday. The company was sealed for alleged diversion of explosives and its licence to import...

The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative NEITI audit report for 2013 has been published. The Minister of Solid Minerals and Chairman of the NEITI Board, Kayode Fayemi, said the audit, which focused on all aspects of the extractive industries, showed that total revenue flows...

Nigeria's Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that the Federal Government is planning to hand over the $4.5bn Ajaokuta steel plant to private investors in 2016. According to him, construction of the Ajaokuta steel plant, which lies on the Niger River and was...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state has urged the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to prosecute all indicted people in the election rigging scandal and that he should ask Fayose to tell Nigerians which election result he was collating in Efon-Alaye on June...

The Ekiti Justice Group (EJG) has described claim by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu that the commission do not have any petition against chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as shameless falsehood. The group said: “it is on record...