States in the North-West geo-political zone in Nigeria have intensified efforts at checking desert encroachment through their afforestation programmes.
A survey conducted in Kaduna, Sokoto,...
An environmentalist, Mr Gafar Odubote, has called for increased afforestation efforts to address the growing desertification encroachment on farmable lands in the country.
Odubote, the...
The Kano State Government says it will introduce Forestry Law to check indiscriminate felling of trees, conserve forest resources and protect the environment.
The state...
An environmentalist, Ms Gloria Bulus, has called for joint efforts in the preservation of local forests in the country.
Bulus, the founder of Bridge-that-gap Initiative,...
During a high-level event on the Great Green Wall initiative, leaders of African countries called for increased investment in combatting desertification and land degradation...
In 1960 when Nigeria became independent, there were about 40 percent forest landmass that spreads across the length and breadth of the nation’s rain forest. But,...
From drought-fueled wildfires in California to catastrophic floods in New England, it's difficult to deny global warming is creating a spiralling climate crisis.
Now,...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says free malaria vaccines are available in Primary Healthcare Centres in Kebbi and Bayelsa states...
