Nigeria will impose fines of up to 12 million naira ($8,200) and jail terms of up to 10 years on traffickers of ivory, ...

The Nigerian Parliament recently passed sweeping legislation to protect endangered wildlife from illegal trafficking. Once ...

Conservationists and students were cheering as three rescued sea turtles made their way back into the ocean at a private ...

Nigeria's Senate passed a new bill imposing harsh penalties on wildlife traffickers, including ivory and pangolins, to combat ...

Traffickers of ivory, pangolin scales, and other endangered wildlife in Nigeria now risk up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to N12 million if found guilty.

“My interview with hunters and most recent research across protected areas in northern Nigeria revealed that there is lesser wildlife in our wild than we perceive.” – Seyifunmi Adebote. After the 68th ...

The Nigerian Senate has passed the Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill, 2024, marking a major milestone in the country’s fight against wildlife trafficking and habitat destruction. The ...

ABUJA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Nigeria will investigate the killing of endangered wildlife after a video posted on social media showed a soldier killing two elephants in the northeastern Borno state, the ...

MAKOKO, Nigeria (AP) — Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Riding on the vessels are giant cardboard ...

The member representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Terseer Ugbor (APC, Benue) said on Monday, April 15, that Nigeria has been known as a major global ...

(AP) — Nigerian customs said they seized more than 1,600 parrots and canaries that were being transported from Lagos international airport to Kuwait without a permit, in one the biggest wildlife ...