Mining is the extraction or removal of metal from the Earth. The mining of mineral in Nigeria accounts for only 0.3% off its GDP due to the influence of its vast oil resources. The domestic mining industry is under developed, leading to Nigeria having to Import minerals that it could produce domestically, such as salt and iron ore. Right to ownership of mineral resources is held by the Nigerian government, which grants titles to organisations to explore, mine, and sell mineral resources.

National Association of Itsekiri Graduates, NAIG, and National Association of Itsekiri Students, NAIS, have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Delta State Government, Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara and the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim to find the killers of an Itsekiri student, whose dead body was found at the institution’s staff quarters’ junction, last weekend.

The 40-day fidau prayer of late former Nigeria coach and NFF Technical Director, Shuaibu Amodu, has been scheduled to take place on July 20,the family has disclosed in a statement.
Amodu, 58, died on June 10, 2016, in Benin residence.

Former spokesman of then Nigeria Football Association, NFA, Austin Mgbolu has condemned the application of Belgium coach, Tom Sainthfeith to coach the Super Eagles, years after insulting the country.

A 35-year-old cultist, Andrew Awalebi, arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Lagos State Police Command, has boasted that no bullet can penetrate his body because of a local “Bullet Proof” prepared for him by a herbalist in Ijebu-Isiwo, Ogun State.

President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) Dr Daniel Igali has given kudos to the team of Nigerian wrestlers at the just ended Spanish Wrestling Grand Prix in Madrid.

The male and female teams of Cote d’Ivoire and Benin Republic have qualified for the FIBA Africa Under 18 men championship in Rwanda from July 22 to 31 and women in Egypt in August.

GENERATOR manufacturers and distributors took advantage of the dwindling electricity supply and demand gap in Nigeria to import 75-375 KVA diesel generating sets valued at over US$51 million(about N10 billion) to power the country’s factories, telecommunication towers, homes and offices between 2014 and 2015. Data on Genset Import/Export Trade, obtained by Vanguard from United Nations Statistics Division, showed that manufacturers of generators, the ilk of General Electric, Cummins, FG .Wilsons; Siemens, and other major power firms, brought into the country different brands of generators worth $51.055 million in 2014/2015, and the figure is projected to hit $450 million by 2020.

There is tension in Ogbotobo community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State over kingship tussle between the paramount ruler, His Royal Highness, HRH Samuel Sapele and representatives of Kenneth Tuabor, Peres Fineman and Seaboy Agge compounds in the community.

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has lamented the high cost of doing business in the country calling on exporters to leverage on available ICT to increase sales and generate revenue. Executive Director/CEO NEPC, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, who gave this advise while reacting to a recent report from the World Bank listing of Nigeria as one of the countries of the world with the highest cost of doing business stated that the application of manual processes has been responsible for this.

Consumer Protection Council, CPC, has commenced investigations into claims by Nigerian Breweries Plc on nutritional, health and therapeutic benefits of beer consumption.

ABUJA—AHEAD of the Federal Government’s forgery suit against Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, outgoing clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, and his deputy, Mr. Ben Efeturi, slated for today at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, over 14 witnesses have been lined up to give evidence on the alleged forgery of the 2015 Senate Order.

Federal High Courts in Nigeria, will from today, proceed on its annual long vacation.

NO fewer than 500 Indians and Nigerian nationals converged to express the existence of a cordial diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and India at the International Day of Yoga at the Indian High Commission’s premises in Lagos.