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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,NSCDC, has uncovered an illegal oil storage site used by vandals to refine Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, also known as diesel, in Lagos. ... illegal dealings in petroleum products, illegal mining of solid and natural minerals and other disheartening forms of economic sabotage, being perpetrated by ...
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The Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN) says baning mining activities in the country will be counterproductive and capable of worsening insecurity. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Dele Ayanleke, the National Secretary of MAN on Saturday in Abuja. Ayanleke said that placing a ban on mining activities due to insecurity in the ...
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Illegal mining of solid minerals without approval, or with expired and fabricated licences, is a big problem in Osun, where security operatives have repeatedly arrested several Chinese nationals ...
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READ: 1,759 illegal mining sites operate in Nigeria - Minister of Mines and Steel ... Given the wealth of solid minerals resources in all sections of the country, he said the laws, if passed, will make the sector more appealing to investors.
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There have been a series of negative reports from illegal mining of gold and mercury in the Northern part of Nigeria. If mining activities are not monitored and best practices are not put into place, the consequences can be devastating. ... Evaluating the influence of open cast mining of solid minerals on soil, landuse and livelihood systems in ...
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In 2015, Nigeria's solid minerals and mining sector accounted for a paltry 0.3% of the GDP which increased slightly to about 0.5% in 2018 The sector has contribut ed only 0.02% of Nigeria's ...
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Niger State government has warned against illegal mining in the state and advised operators to desist from further plundering of the environment. ... Nigeria's solid minerals have not been ...
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7 days agoTwo people have been confirmed dead in an illegal mining operation after a collapse at a site in Ika - Ogboyaga, Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State. The State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), confirmed the deaths yesterday in a press statement. The statement was signed by the Corps' head of solid ...
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In an attempt to reverse the reliance on petroleum, a bold step was taken to revamp the solid mineral industry through the establishment of the then Ministry of Solid Mineral Development in 1995, which today is known as the Ministry of Mines and Steel development. This ministry is now restructured and a new law, the Nigeria minerals Mining act ...
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The solid minerals and mining sector contributed a paltry 0.5% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018, with annual production averaging 40 million metric tons valued at about 34 billion naira ...
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The quantity of the deposits in more than 500 locations across nine states in Nigeria suggests that the solid mineral sector, if well harnessed, will compete with the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. However, most of the mining in Nigeria up until the present is carried out illegally. Illegal mining is a great menace in many of our communities.
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New Telegraph Nigeria. ... Nigeria 14d ago. Realnews Nigeria. Benue wants 13% derivation as solid mineral producing state. Nigeria 14d ago. TVC Nigeria. Governor Ortom suspends illegal mining activities in Benue. Nigeria 13d ago. Nation Nigeria. Ortom suspends illegal mining in Benue. Nigeria 13d ago.
Get priceMining in Nigeria. As you see, Nigeria is rich in various minerals. Ancient crystalline rocks contain nonferrous and rare metal ores: tin, niobium, molybdenum, zirconium, tantalum, uranium, gold and silver. In sedimentary rocks, there are deposits of coal, oil, gas, limestone etc. Main wealth of the country - is oil.
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Illegal gold mining has become routine in Nigeria and both compatriots and foreigners are neck-deep in stealing the country's highly valued mineral, yet Nigeria wallows in foreign debts. ... government abandoned it and other solid minerals, making it an all-comers affair for illegal and artisanal miners who remit almost nothing to it, while ...
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Mining in Nigeria is the process by which solid minerals and other useful substances are extracted from the earth. The geological survey of Nigeria has indicated the presence of over 34 minerals that are currently being mined in more than 450 locations spread all over the country. ... This has made it really easy for illegal miners to operate ...
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Oct 30, 2021The Federal Government revealed that the country loses $9bn to illegal mining annually, with the little revenue in the sector coming from the three per cent royalty paid by the few licensed miners....
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Osun Government arrests 17 Chinese, 10 Nigerians for illegal mining. by Tobias Sylvester May 4, 2020, 11:39 am Osun State chapter of Amotekun Joint Security Task Force have arrested 27 persons suspected to be illegal miners in the state.
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Solid mineral deposits in Nigeria are located across the 36 states of the federation, including the capital, Abuja. Nigeria has over 40 million tonnes of deposits of talc, an ingredient in baby powder, ceramics, paint, and roofing materials. ... Over decades, the country has recorded an increase in the illegal mining of gemstones like sapphire ...
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An in-depth analysis on mining in Nigeria. By Guest Contributor. Oct 27, 2020. The economy in Nigeria has been growing slowly since the oil price slump of 2014. Since then, volatility of global oil prices has negatively impacted growth performance. Between 2000 and 2014, GDP grew at an average of 7% annually.
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20:56 2021. Print This Article. by Mary Ugbodaga 0 Comments. Uche Ogah, minister of state for mines and steel development, has alleged that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not support the ...
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3 days agoA coalition of Nigerian mining host communities and Civil Society groups in the mining sector has called for speedy dispensation of justice in cases involving 19 foreigners and 21 Nigerians arrested recently for illegal mining activities in Osun and Zamfara states. The group made the call in a statement on Wednesday.
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Nigeria's Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah has insisted that capital punishment against illegal miners is the potent way of stopping fleecing of nation's resources in the mining and solid minerals sector and would never be set aside.
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harnessing the minerals in Nigeria. An attempt will also be made to examine the possible precautions and reme-dies that can be applied in order to mitigate the effect of adverse environmental impact of mining activities. Table 1 shows the minerals deposits that are currently being exploited in Nigeria. Some of the minerals, notably,
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Mining law is codified in the Federal Minerals and Mining Act of 1999. Historically, Nigeria's mining industry was monopolized by state-owned public corporations. This led to a decline in productivity in almost all mineral industries. The Obasanjo administration began a process of selling off government-owned corporations to private investors in 1999. The Nigerian Mining Industry has picked up since the "Economic Diversification Agenda", from Oil & Gas, to Agriculture, Mining, etc., began in ...
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Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Solid Minerals. Sixteen Chinese nationals and eight Nigerians involved in massive illegal mining were on Monday arrested in Zurak, Wase Local Government, Plateau State on the orders of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Brig-Gen Babagana Monguno (rtd), when the NSA in company of the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, visited some illegal ...
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on. March 25, 2016. By. Valentine Chinyem. Nigeria as a country is blessed with abundance of many resources which include stones, precious metals and minerals. Following the history of the Nigerian mining, In the early 70s, Nigeria was a major importer of coal, tin, and columbite, as such, Nigeria made a lot or revenue from the exportation ...
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Plunder of Nigeria's solid mineral deposits National Mirror Dec 26, 2014· We recall that the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act of 2007 passed into law on March 16, 2007, which repealed the Minerals and Mining Act, No. 34 of 1999, vests control of all properties and minerals in Nigeria in the state and prohibits unauthorised exploration or ...
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MINING IN NIGERIA -THE NIGERIAN MINERALS AND MINING ACT, 2007 "For long, West Africa has been a destination of choice for mining executives the world over, with countries like Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Niger being actively explored and mined. ... Approval must be obtained from the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development for such a ...
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Crude Oil's Ugly Sister: The Political-Criminal Nexus and Corruption Inside Nigeria's Solid Minerals and Mining Sector. Sheelagh Brady; Pages 389-411. Min(d)ing Corruption in International Investment Arbitration. ... Illegal Mining, and the research and scholarship therein, is a must-read book promoting a 'gold' standard for how ...
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The Nigerian government may have lost about N4 billion in three years, owing to illegal practices and corrupt activities of companies operating in the mining sector in Nigeria, two separate solid ...
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With time, Illegal mining in Pandogari, Niger state stretched through a 17.5 km 2-130 km 2 radius from 1992 to 1998. By the year 2000, mining operations extended further into a vast area measuring 200 km 2 and continued in 2004-2006 with more incursions onto 254-312 km 2. ... With the large deposits of solid minerals in Nigeria, the sector ...
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Niger State is the leading destination for illegal mining of solid minerals in Nigeria, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative announced on Thursday. NEITI further stated that...
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Ogechukwu Akinsulore Abstract This paper assesses the national security implications of illegal mining of solid mineral in Nigeria within the context of a resurging government's interest that is...
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Nigeria exported $1.75 billion worth of solid minerals between 2015 and 2020, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria's economic reports within that period. The LCCI said the country risks losing this amount if the activities in the sector are banned.
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Sammy Ogbu • August 29, 2022. Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The Kogi State Government has banned mining activities in the state following the collapse of an illegal mine site which killed two artisanal miners. The miners, simply identified as Amosun and Attach died on Saturday, August 28 at the mine located at Ika-Ogboyaga community in ...
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The Kwara State government has sought the partnership of security agencies to flush out illegal miners in the state. Adenike Harriet Afolabi-Oshatimehin, the state commissioner for solid minerals development, made the call during her visit to security agencies in the state, saying such collaboration will curb insecurity and illegal mining activities.
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adegbite said the government has made effort before the consultative meeting according to the nigerian minerals and mining act, 2007, in developing the capacity of artisanal and small-scale miners...
Get priceJuly 23, 2022. Abdulfatai Mohammed. The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged Federal Government (FG) to empower the solid minerals and mining sector through the deployment of Geographic Information System (GIS), automation of application and processing of mining licenses, leases and permits all through a one-stop-shop platform.
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The Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative ("PAGMI") is a comprehensive artisanal and small-scale gold mining development programme, launched in 2019 to foster the formalization and integration of artisanal gold mining activities into Nigeria's legal, economic, and institutional framework.
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The two countries have agreed to track the huge illegal movement of gold from Nigeria to Dubai. Illegal movement of gold. ... UK-based company to pump $100 million into Nigeria's mining sector ... The solid mineral sector, even though viewed as having huge potentials, has remained largely untapped with huge revenue leakages going into private ...
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