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Nigeria: FG revokes 1,263 mineral licences over unpaid annual service fees

Nigeria: FG revokes 1,263 mineral licences over unpaid annual service fees

Africa Links 24 with Kazeem Biriowo
Published on 2025-09-21 15:20:37

The Federal Government has revoked no fewer than 1,263 mineral licences, which will subsequently be deleted from the portal of the Electronic Mining Cadastral System of the Nigerian Mining Cadastral Office (MCO).

These include 584 exploration licences, 65 mining leases, 144 quarry licences, and 470 small-scale mining leases.

A statement by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Mineral Development, Segun Tomori, said that by opening up the areas formerly covered by…

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