News and the Record Behind Inland Drills
Reporting on Inland Drills Nigeria Ltd and on the public career of its founder, Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura, MFR, alongside insight pieces on how we work Nigeria's solid minerals sector.
Inland Drills Newsroom
Feb 9, 2026
Founder Tijjani Yahaya Kaura Named Chairman of the NEPZA Governing Board
On 9 February 2026, the founder of Inland Drills Nigeria Ltd was inaugurated to chair the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority.
Inland Drills Newsroom
Oct 13, 2023
From the Senate Floor to the Free Zones: Kaura's Tenure at OGFZA
A look back at the fifteen months Tijjani Yahaya Kaura spent running the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority, and what it set up for what came next.
Inland Drills Newsroom
Jun 15, 2022
Where It Started: Two Terms as Chairman of Kaura Namoda
Long before the Senate or the free zones, Tijjani Yahaya Kaura's public life began as twice-elected Executive Chairman of his home local government.
Insights
How we think about grading, community and the formalisation of Nigeria's mineral trade.
Why Host Communities Come Before the Equipment
Nigeria has a long record of mining projects that arrived without the community, and paid for it later. The sequence matters.
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Nigeria's Mineral Trade Is Being Formalised. Here Is What That Actually Means
Mining Marshals are sealing unregistered buying centres. Registration is no longer optional, and the operators who last will be the ones who can show their paperwork.
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Why Assayed Grade Is the Only Number That Matters
In Nigerian mineral trading, price is set by lab results, not by the look of the rock. Here is why that distinction is worth insisting on.
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