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Desertification Day 2025: World accelerates progress to restore degraded land

Accelerating progress to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land around the world and jumpstarting a trillion-dollar land restoration economy will be the focus...

Desertification Day: Leaders call for urgent action to boost drought resilience

In the face of growing impacts of drought exacerbated by land degradation and climate change, countries and communities must take action now to build...

Group seeks increased awareness on dangers of desertification

Jewel Environmental Initiative (JEI), a Gombe-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), has called for increased awareness on the dangers of deforestation to save the environment. Mr Ismail...

World Desertification Day: Restore land to help deal with global crises, leaders urge

World leaders are rallying support for a coordinated and coherent approach to reverse the loss of healthy land in light of the role it...

World Desertification Day: Govt reiterates commitment to tackle environmental challenges

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring lasting solution to environmental challenges by adopting sustainable land management practices across the country. Dr Mohammad...

Desertification: FCTA to plant 170,000 tree seedlings across terrirory

he Federal Capital Terriory Administration (FCTA) says it will plant 170,000 tree seedlings across the territory in fulfilling President Muhammadu Buhari’s  pledge to tackle desertification...

World Desertification Day: Delta partners FADE in fight against aridification

Delta State Government says it is partnering the Fight Against Desert Encroachment (FADE) Africa, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), in her fight against desertification in...

3.2bn people under threat of desertification, drought, says UN chief

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that a combination of land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructures, are...

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Demolitions: Displaced Makoko residents, others protest at Lagos Assembly

Residents displaced by ongoing demolitions in communities in Lagos State on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, staged a protest at the...
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Climate change: Enhanced international collaboration accelerates global transparency efforts

Transparent climate action and support is a cornerstone of climate cooperation. It equips countries with an evidence base to...

NUPRC assures investors of transparent, competitive licensing round for 50 oil blocks

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has assured prospective investors of a transparent, merit-based and competitive process for...

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Demolitions: Displaced Makoko residents, others protest at Lagos Assembly

Residents displaced by ongoing demolitions in communities in Lagos...

Climate change: Enhanced international collaboration accelerates global transparency efforts

Transparent climate action and support is a cornerstone of...
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