It will be recalled that the 2,570-strong Mining Marshals, an elite squad of specially trained officers drafted from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and conceptualised by the ...
Nigeria has recorded many cases of illegal mining involving Chinese nationals. In July 2023, the EFCC's Ilorin Zonal Command arrested 13 Chinese nationals in Kwara State for similar offenses.
Nigeria China Mining Federation holds second council and election. ; The cultural performance of temple fairs and the flourishing exchange between China and Nepal... ; The 2023 Annual Meeting of the Nigerian China …
Chinese backed locally incorporated companies are illegally mining in Nigeria in great numbers. Few are legally licensed to mine. Chinese groups are building lithium concentrators in several states.
Nigeria's mining sector is diverse in mineral resources that make a significant contribution to the nation's gross domestic product. The country is endowed with an estimated US $700 billion in commercially viable minerals with the capacity to diversify its revenue sources and boost foreign exchange earnings. Its minerals include barite, bitumen, iron ore, lead, zinc, coal, …
Five Chinese nationals have been detained for suspected illegal mining activities in Akwa Ibom State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The absence of a ready market for Nigerian artisanal miners to sell their products paved the way for Chinese nationals to take over the illegal mining of gold in the country, investigations by ...
Mining Marshals, recently deployed to curb illegal mining activities across Nigeria, clashed with security forces last Friday over the attempted arrest of Chinese nationals allegedly engaged in ...
A Chinese mining giant, Jin Bao Rong Group of Companies, said it is commencing exploration and mining operations soon in the Nigerian mining sector based on improved business environment. Chief Executive Officer, Jin Bao Rong Group of Companies, Zhang Fenglan, who visited the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bwari ...
Nigeria has seen multiple cases of illegal mining arrests and prosecutions involving Chinese nationals in recent months. Experts say the materials are exported in a …
The work accentuates its ongoing monitoring of foreign authoritarian influence in Nigeria and Africa, examining Chinese illegal mining in Nigeria within the context of Sino …
Nigerian security operatives have arrested 13 Chinese nationals for ''offences bordering on illegal mining.'' Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says its officers apprehended the suspects in the central city of Illorin ''following credible intelligence.''
The Federal Government has confirmed the arrest of three Chinese nationals and two Nigerians suspected of illegal mining in Nasarawa State. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake ...
At this year's Nigeria Mining Week, Senator Akume reaffirmed the nation's commitment to supporting investors in the mining sector and maximising its potential. ... NSCDC Arrests Chinese Illegal Miners in Nasarawa State. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps' Mining Marshal in Nasarawa State… Samira Alhassan; October 28, 2024 ...
Data sourced from NEITI, a transparency watchdog, showed companies owned by Chinese nationals are the largest mining companies in Africa's biggest economy. The NEITI's report showed mining activities in Nigeria in 2020 were carried out by 102 companies.
Nigerian authorities have arrested several Chinese nationals since 2020 for involvement in illegal mining. "Our mining sector has not been accorded much priority by the nation's security actors until recently, when illegal mining was linked to rural banditry," said a Zamfara State senior police officer, who spoke to ENACT on condition of ...
Chinedu reports extensively on Nigerian politics, economy and environmental issues including a multipart series in 2020 on violations committed by the Chinese mining company Hongao. Chinedu also started in January 2020 to mine data on reported killings involving Nigeria police officers.
A Nigerian court sentenced a Chinese national to five years in jail (with the option of a fine of 1 million naira (about $2,300) for illegal mining. Gang Deng, who works for a Chinese mining company, was caught with 25 tons of unlicensed lepidolite, a mineral used to …
Another example of the local Nigerian front company for Chinese investors is Ajans Investment Nigeria Ltd with Lukeman Omuya, the Editor in Chief of Nigeria's Rockpost mining magazine, as MD of Ajans. Ajans asserts …
China has been accused of operating illegal mining activities and funding militant groups, disrupting the otherwise stable bond built on mining investment. British newspaper reported in April that some Chinese mining firms had funded …
She projects that one of the key programmes implemented by the PAGMI – the integration of artisanal gold mining - would grow Nigeria's tax income by an average of £113.7 million on an annual basis, attract royalties of …
Despite increasing Chinese interest in infrastructure financing and construction, the U.S. is still one of Nigeria's top five sources of imported capital. In 2021, Nigeria received over $2.2 billion from the U.K., over $677 million from …
Nigeria's first lithium-processing plant launched to great fanfare this month with the backing of three companies that, at first glance, look a lot like heavyweights of China's battery-metals ...
Their work feeds the stock of Chinese businesses, who dominate Nigeria's laxly regulated extractive industry and are often blamed for illegal mining and exploitative labour.
The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development said its mining marshals arrested three Chinese nationals and two Nigerians last week at a mining site located at Rafin-Gabas, Agwada Area Council in ...
PressReader. Catalog; For You; Weekend Trust. Chinese lithium firms back Nigerian processing plant - . Nigeria's first lithiumprocessing plant was launched to great fanfare this month with the backing of three companies, which at first glance look a lot like heavyweights of China's batterymetals industry.
The absence of a ready market for Nigerian artisanal miners to sell their products paved the way for Chinese nationals to take over the illegal mining of gold in the country, investigations by...
In April 2020, the Nigeria Police Force in Zamfara State arrested two Chinese nationals for allegedly engaging in illegal mining in Bukkuyum local government, where the federal government had banned all mining activities to …