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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

There’s actually one remaining step in this particular decision tree about total forest area in 2021, but there are no more locations to test. Out of 995 test locations, this decision tree ...

KANO, NIGERIA — Hundreds of Boko Haram jihadists have fled a forest enclave in northeast Nigeria, escaping airstrikes by the military and floods from torrential rains to seek shelter on Niger's ...