FG to Cancel 1,000 Inactive Mining Licences as Crackdown on Sector Non-Compliance Intensifies
ABUJA, NIGERIA — In a decisive move to sanitise Nigeria’s solid minerals sector and enforce compliance with operational guidelines, the Federal Government has announced plans to revoke an additional 1,000 dormant mining licences. This comes on the heels of a similar action in 2024, where 900 non-performing licences were withdrawn by the authorities for failure