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Nigeria: Nigerian govt to revoke 1,000 mining licences — Alake — Africa Links 24

Nigeria: Nigerian govt to revoke 1,000 mining licences — Alake — Africa Links 24

Africa Links 24 with Ibrahim Ramalan
Published on 2025-08-13 18:52:31

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Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake has announced plans to revoke 1,000 dormant mining licences in addition to the 900 it revoked in 2024.

Mr Alake disclosed this at the opening of the maiden edition of the National Steel Summit on Wednesday in Abuja.

“To clean up our licencing system, I had to invoke over 900 licences which were domant titles, and they had become tools in the hands of speculators rather than instruments of development.

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“I wish to announce…

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