15+ hour, 44+ min ago  (618+ words) Premium Times Nigeria Join the Premium Times WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You. A few months earlier, on a much larger birdwatching excursion outside urban Lagos, our group walked by a gathering of villagers. Pleasantries…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (620+ words) Cross River gorilla is officially classified as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List The Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently sign the Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill, 2025 into law. The foundation, in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (441+ words) The federal government has validated a set of harmonised national protocols to strengthen the conservation, characterisation, and monitoring of Nigeria’s Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR). This was disclosed in a statement issued Thursday by the Livestock Ministry. According to the government,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (474+ words) Cross-section of the coalition briefing the press Civil society organisations and environmental experts have intensified pressure on the Cross River State Forestry Commission to pursue an urgent review of the Cross River State Forestry Law, 2010. The demand was made during…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1747+ words) At dawn in early October, in Itasin, Ogun State, Neye Afolabi set out for his farm, just a short walk from his home. But before he could begin tending his crops, a herd of elephants emerged from the forest and…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (475+ words) For African nations with significant tropical forests — from the Congo Basin to West Africa — TFFF offers a historic opportunity to secure predictable, long-term revenue for protecting one of the continent’s most valuable assets. A Game-Changing Model for Forest Finance For…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (418+ words) As the world marks World Gorilla Day 2025, a leading conservation NGO, Wild Africa, has called for urgent action to protect Nigeria’s last surviving 100 Cross River Gorillas. World Gorilla Day is celebrated annually on 24 September. A statement signed by Festus Iyorah,…...

11+ mon, 2+ day ago  (31+ words) Gulper shark liver oil is at the centre of an emerging illegal enterprise in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland. TRAFFIC reports that it is highly prized for its squal......