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Nigeria is blessed with solid minerals with at least 44 mineral deposits in commercial quantities across more than 500 locations nationwide.NAN Multimedia service This vast mineral wealth analysts say ...
News Nigeria » Nasarawa » Economy: Will Nigeria’s 30% value-addition plan deliver industrial wealth?
As Nigeria pushes for a proposed 30 per cent local value-addition requirement on raw material exports, experts at the second Africa Raw Materials Summit say the country must move beyond resource ...
News Nigeria » Nasarawa » Economy: Moringa: Nigeria has land, climate but lacks organised value chain — Akoloaga
Akoloaga, who is championing a 2,000-hectare Moringa Plantation, Integrated Animal Colony and Agro-Industrial Development Project in Nasarawa State, says Nigeria must move beyond treating moringa as a ...
News Nigeria » Nasarawa » Economy: Insecurity, illegal mining threaten Nigeria’s mineral processing investments
Insecurity and illegal mining are threatening investments in Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, discouraging foreign technical partners and disrupting the operations of licensed miners, Joshua Egbagbe, ...
News Nigeria » Nasarawa » Economy: Blair ‘has questions to answer’ over support for Britain while advising Nigeria
Sir Tony Blair has “questions to answer” over whether he put British interests first while advising Nigeria, which a British mining firm accuses of unlawfully reneging on important contracts.
News Nigeria » Nasarawa » Economy: Nasarawa’s rising revenue from Tinubu’s reforms justifies re-election bid—Sule
Abdullahi Sule, the Governor of Nasarawa State has called for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027, saying the state’s improved revenue and infrastructure development reflect the ...
News Nigeria » Nasarawa » Economy: Nasarawa At 30: How A One-Road State Became A Mining Hub – Jega, Kukah
When Nasarawa State was carved out of old Plateau State on October 1, 1996, it had, in the words of Prof. Attahiru Jega, “one tarred road, no water board and no secretariat.” Thirty years later, in a ...
News Nigeria » Nasarawa » Economy: Nigeria Poverty to Rise Despite 4.2% Growth
The IMF lifted Nigeria's 2026 growth forecast to 4.2% but expects poverty to rise as food and energy cost more. Here is the cash-transfer fix it urges.