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November 4, 2026

Beneath The Lithium Rush: Broken Promises, Environmental Fears & Banditry Threaten Nigeria’s Mining Future

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By AUGUSTINA McSOLOMON-OGHAKPERUO Nigeria’s Lithium Boom: A Billion-Dollar Opportunity, but Who Benefits? NIGERIA stands at the threshold of a potentially transformative mining boom. Beneath its soil lies a mineral resource increasingly sought after by manufacturers of electric vehicles, renewable-energy storage systems and other technologies driving the global transition away from fossil fuels. Lithium, a critical […]