FEATURE ANALYSIS | Nigeria’s $2.6 Billion Mineral Rush
Lithium dreams, golden gains, and a new economic frontier A Morning in Nasarawa The sun rises over Nasarawa’s red earth, painting the horizon in copper tones. Trucks rumble down dirt…
Lithium dreams, golden gains, and a new economic frontier A Morning in Nasarawa The sun rises over Nasarawa’s red earth, painting the horizon in copper tones. Trucks rumble down dirt…
Abuja: The Federal Government and the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) have signed an investment partnership to jointly fund three projects, including a 1.3 billion-dollar alumina refinery. The Minister of Solid…
Abuja: The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, says new lithium processing and gold refining plants are positioning Nigeria as Africa’s leading minerals hub. Alake made this known…
Abuja: The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development has generated about N70 billion in revenue in 2025, up from N38 billion in 2024. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele…
Nigeria pitches the mining sector as a global capital magnet, with $2.45bn confirmed inflows and multi‑billion projects in the pipeline under Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda. Abuja — Nigeria is positioning…
By Mogaji Wole Arisekola Nigeria is not dying. Nigeria is transforming — painfully, loudly, and sometimes clumsily — but it is transforming all the same. Those who look only at…
Abuja: In a landmark move poised to reshape Nigeria’s mining landscape, Chinese companies have committed over ₦1.8 trillion (approximately $1.3 billion) to lithium processing projects across the country. This announcement…
Abuja ( Nigeria): President Bola Tinubu has pledged to provide an inclusive economy for all Nigerians where industries process raw materials locally. The president pledged at the opening of the…
Ijebu Imushin, Ogun State (Nigeria): Former Ogun State Governor and current Senator representing Ogun East, Chief Gbenga Daniel, has thrown his weight behind President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, urging…
Abuja, Nigeria: Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, revealed he has received threats—including media attacks and warnings of international arbitration—following the revocation of 1,263 dormant mining licences…