1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (945+ words) Rising prices for cooking gas and kerosene have driven a surge in charcoal and firewood sales as millions of households seek affordable energy alternatives. Across markets in cities and rural communities alike, firewood and charcoal traders are witnessing a surge…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (325+ words) Richard James, Overseeing Director of Information under ACRe SAL, disclosed this on Friday in a special commentary marking the 2026 World Environment Day themed "Climate Action." According to him, Gombe, which lies within Nigeria's semi-arid belt, has for decades battled soil…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (249+ words) The state Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Mr Ekundayo Bush-Alebiosu, gave the assurance during" a courtesy visit to him by the Head of Lagos Operations of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mrs Ifeyinwa Omowole, on Thursday. Bush-Alebiosu said the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (274+ words) Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a man, Shamsudeen Abubakar, arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), to six years" imprisonment for illegally possessing and dealing in pangolin scales and claws weighing…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (299+ words) The Kaduna State Climate Change Accountability Mechanism (KADCCAM) has called for urgent and coordinated action to tackle the worsening impacts of climate change across Nigeria, warning that biodiversity loss and environmental degradation are increasingly threatening vulnerable communities. The call was…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (366+ words) The Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently sign the Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill, 2025 into law, warning that Nigeria's biodiversity is facing unprecedented threats requiring immediate action. The appeal was made in a…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (322+ words) Science writers under the African Climate Reporters (ACR) have raised the alarm over the rapid decline in global honey bee populations, warning that pesticides, climate change, habitat destruction and other harmful environmental practices were threatening food security, biodiversity and environmental…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (390+ words) The Federal Government has intensified efforts to combat land degradation and desertification across the country by inaugurating a technical committee to improve the credibility and accuracy of Nigeria's environmental reporting under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Lawal…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (370+ words) The federal government has intensified efforts to combat land degradation and desertification across the country with the inauguration of a technical committee aimed at improving the credibility and accuracy of Nigeria's environmental reporting under the United Nations Convention to Combat…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (317+ words) A wave of citizen action and inter-agency collaboration is reshaping Nigeria's fight against wildlife crime, as the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) records fresh victories in the rescue and handover of endangered pangolins in Kano and Akwa…...