The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency’s flagship Geo-Data Centre website has had an expired SSL security certificate since June 16, making it a digital threat to visitors and investors while key data links return error messages.
NIGERIA’S MINING PORTAL IS BROKEN AND NOBODY NOTICED
Minister Dele Alake has been travelling the world — London conferences, foreign investors, global stages — championing Nigeria’s Geo-Data Centre as the gateway to the country’s solid minerals wealth.
There’s just one problem. The website is a security risk.
According to FIJ, the official portal of the Nigeria Geological Survey Agency has had an expired SSL certificate since June 16. FIJ first flagged it on Monday. By Tuesday morning, nothing had been fixed.
An expired SSL certificate means data flowing between visitors’ devices and the site is vulnerable to interception by bad actors — a serious problem for a platform designed to attract foreign investment into Nigeria’s mining sector.
It gets worse. FIJ tried clicking the “data holdings” link on the site’s welcome page and was met with an “HTTP Status 404 — Not Found” error. The searchable GeoNetwork — a core feature of the platform — simply doesn’t work.
This is the same portal Alake unveiled with fanfare at London’s Mines & Money Conference in December 2024, describing it as proof of Nigeria’s commitment to the global green economy transition. He sought N200 billion in funding to develop it.
The certificate was valid for just three months before it lapsed — apparently without anyone noticing.
Nigeria is selling investors a front door. The door doesn’t open.
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