Edited By Georgina Humphrey As Nigeria marks its 63rd anniversary, the Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, has appealed to the Federal Government to allocate more funds to the solid mineral sector. This is contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Association, Fatai Jimoh, in Abuja. "On this independence day of our beloved country Nigeria; I find it important to remind us all of the […]
A US man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for kidnapping, rape, and robbery has been declared innocent and freed. Gerardo Cabanillas was exonerated with the help of DNA testing in a 1995 attack on a couple sitting in a parked car in the city of South Gate in California, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office announced. Mr. Cabanillas' case was reexamined by the Conviction Integrity Unit of […]
Miners Association of Nigeria, the MAN, says there is a need to profile all existing leaseholders hosting critical minerals across the country. National Publicity Secretary of MAN, Mr. Fatai Jimoh stated this in Abuja while reacting to the minister of solid minerals development, Dr. Oladele Alake's speech during the just concluded United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he focused on repositioning Nigeria as a global supplier […]
Operatives of the Jigawa State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly stealing a car from a dealer in neighboring Bauchi State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Lawan Shi’isu, disclosed this in a statement in Dutse. According to PUNCH the suspect, a resident of Gwarinpa quarters of the FCT, was arrested at about 11:20 a.m. on Sunday by the police in Birnin Kudu Local […]
A Gold Coast man who filmed himself taking his pet snake for a surf has been fined by Australian wildlife authorities. Higor Fiuza and his bridle carpet python Shiva became local celebrities earlier this month after a video of them catching waves went viral. But their short-lived fame also tipped off wildlife protection officers. They say the man endangered Shiva and breached his permit to keep the snake by taking […]
The federal government has been urged to partner local miners as well as their multinational counterparts to transform mining in the country. This is contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, Mr. Fatai Jimoh, in Abuja. The statement explains that this has become necessary as miners in the country need financial assistance to properly fund their operations. It acknowledges that […]
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has hailed a man identified as Yusuf Sulaiman Sumaila for returning to government coffers, the salary received through his dead father’s bank account. In a statement, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Digital Media, Abdullahi Ibrahim says Sumaila’s father died in October 2022 but the state government continued to pay his salary until August 2023. According to the statement, when the deceased civil […]
An investigation has been launched into the death of a person during torrential rain at the Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada. Burning Man is held in the Black Rock Desert, which is usually dry and dusty but for this year, thousands of people remain stranded at the event after the bad weather turned the ground into deep, slippery mud. Revelers have been told to take shelter […]
A young man identified as ‘Cross,’ from Amankpo Umu-Ezike, Aku, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been feared killed when masquerade worshippers and some youths clashed at Nua community. It was gathered that the Divisional Police Officer of Igbo-Etiti, Chinedu Okike, and not less than 100 residents of Aku sustained gunshot injuries during the fracas. The spokesperson for the Enugu State Police Command, Daniel Ndukwe, who […]
