Tinubu-America $700bn mining deal probe now reality after Democrats' big win - US lobby firm

A United States-based lobby and advisory firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has said that with the Democrats' legislature wins connected Tuesday, the threats by House Democrats and Senate Democrats to analyse Nigerian President Bola Tinubu's mining MoU with the United States volition present go reality.

The steadfast said this successful a station connected its verified X grip connected Wednesday portion reacting to the US midterm results.

According to the firm, Democrats had earlier signaled plans to scrutinise the captious minerals deals negotiated by President Donald Trump's administration, citing precocious corruption and pay-to-play concerns.

The steadfast wrote: "With the Democrats' legislature wins past night, the threats by House Democrats and Senate Democrats to analyse President Bola Tinubu's mining MoU and the reported but evidently mendacious claims by the Nigerian Presidency that 'we person settled the Americans' are present going to go an implicit reality."

Recall that the mining model was reportedly signed successful New York connected September 23, 2026, astatine the Nigeria House connected the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.

Nigeria's Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, signed for Nigeria,...