ABUJA, Nigeria -- At least 14 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in clashes with hundreds of gunmen in north-central Niger ...

The Commander General of the Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS), Dr Wole Joshua Oshotumehin, has described the passage of the NFSS Bill by both chambers of the National Assembly as a landmark ...

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has commended the efforts of the Nigerian Forest Security Service (NFSS) in fighting ...

We firmly reiterate our belief that individuals residing in and around the 1,129 forest areas across Nigeria should be prioritized for recruitment.

Already, much of the natural forest in Western and Eastern Nigeria has been lost, while the remaining forest reserves apparently suffer unrelenting assault from the chain-saw, often with the ...

Nigeria’s forest cover is diminishing in extent and quality. But reliable data is scarce. For instance, one record indicates that Nigeria’s land mass is 910,770km² and forest occupies 110 ...

Minister of State for the Environment, Iziaq Salako, disclosed that Nigeria lost 86,700 hectares of tropical forest between 2010 and 2019.

Forest elephants are endangered in Nigeria. ... In 2021, it was estimated that there could be about 400 elephants in areas not systematically surveyed. What we do know, ...

Armed groups from across Nigeria and from neighbouring countries in the Sahel are believed to be behind many attacks. Raids ...

Cocoa Boom or Forest Doom: As prices rise, farmers encroach on Nigeria’s conservation areas Nigeria is a major cocoa exporter, though it ranks behind Ghana and Ivory Coast, with the EU being its ...

It is about 350km (217 miles) by road east of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. Mokwa has an estimated population of 400,000 while Niger is the country’s fourth largest state by size, covering more area than ...