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Nigeria to Spotlight Solid Minerals Sector at 2026 Excellence Awards
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (242+ words) Nigeria will on May 14, 2026, shift national attention to its growing solid minerals sector as stakeholders gather for the Solid Minerals Excellence Awards (SOMEA) at the Abuja Continental Hotel in Abuja. The event, endorsed by the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals…...
Alake canvasses regional hubs to power Africa's mining industry
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (314+ words) The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has charged the US and African nations to prioritize the establishment of regional energy hubs as a strategic pathway to accelerate cross-border mining industrialization and strengthen the supply chain of critical minerals…...
China posts record trade in 2025 as private firms lead growth
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (282+ words) A view of the container terminal at a port in Shanghai, China China's foreign trade hit a record high in 2025, supported by a more diversified market structure and resilient private enterprises, official data showed on Wednesday. According to the General…...
Nigeria's reforms have put the country on the global economic map
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (483+ words) As my country steadies itself, Britain, its Western allies and their companies should deepen this partnership As ghosts of the 1930s haunt the global outlook, the scramble for trade deals has seized control of government agendas. The United States has leveraged…...
AI in'Workplace: Faleye advocates reinventing social protection
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (435+ words) Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF), Barrister Ol'wa'eun Mayomi Faleye has advocated a rejig of social protection for Nigerian workers in the face of AI-induced disruption in workplace to accommodate new risks." Barrister…...
Tinubu's reforms driving Nigeria's mining sector growth, says Alake
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (287+ words) The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has credited the rapid growth of Nigeria's solid minerals sector to President Bola Tinubu's reforms. According to Alake, the gains include increase in the sector's contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP),…...
Nigeria's inflation figure at 20. 7% highest in W'Africa - Adebayo
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1066+ words) He stated that the report that inflation has dropped to 20. 7 percent, which the government has been celebrating, is actually a slap on Nigerians because all across Africa, the inflation rate does not exceed five percent. He cited countries like Benin…...