More than 12 million people benefited from the $900 million Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Project (NEWMAP) that reinforced the country’s ability to fight climate induced erosion, natural hazards, and ...

Desertification, when fertile land becomes barren desert, affects as much as 60% of Nigeria’s land, exacerbated by drought and climate change.

Southern Nigeria is losing between 30 to 40 meters of land to coastal erosion every year, ... Nnaji highlighted the severe impact of climate change on Nigeria’s landscape.

Climate change is with us, and the stress on Nigeria will only increase. To be successful, adaptation measures requires well developed, long-term plans that address the complexities of the issue ...

Opinion - Extensive research shows that Northern part of Nigeria has already experienced noticeable changes in climate and predicts that more changes will occur in the near future. Much of these ...

Minister of Innovation Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji has said climate change is threatening the very foundation of ...

Cattle roam near a road in Abuja, Nigeria, on Aug. 21. The pressures of modernization, housing needs and human-caused climate change are challenging the way of life for Nigeria’s nomadic cattle ...

Women are responsible for 70 to 80 percent of all agricultural labor in Nigeria, and according to federal and state law, they have the right to hold and inherit land. But, only 10 percent of land ...

Reporting from KUFANA DISTRICT, Nigeria — It was about 1:30 a.m. and the dance party was winding down. Dozens of teenagers and twenty-somethings had been celebrating for hours in late December ...

Nigeria is home to over 20 million cows, mostly owned by Fulani herders. It has the fourth largest cattle population in Africa, and its dairy market is valued at $1.5 billion.

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has ordered security agencies to bring an end to the wave of killings in central Benue state ...

Besides climate change creating irregular rainfall, extreme heat and dry land, “security challenges across the wheat-producing region restricts farmers’ access to fields," the USDA said in ...