BY PATRICK WEMAMBU Nigeria has faced violent insurgencies for decades, ranking 6th on the 2025 Global Terrorism Index and accounting for 6% of global terrorism deaths in 2023. Since 2007, over 11,000 people have been killed, with millions more displaced. These insurgencies, especially in the North-East, North-Central and North-West, have severely impacted Nigeria’s local, state, […]
Nottingham Forest, manager Nuno Espirito Santo and defender Neco Williams have been charged with misconduct by the Football Association, on the same day former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg left his role with the club. The FA has acted over Nuno and Williams’ comments following the 2-0 defeat at Everton last month, while Clattenburg has […]
BY ORJI ONYEKWERE Nigerians especially Lagosians have been encouraged to cultivate the habit of tree planting planting to avoid deforestation, in addition there are areas that need to be protected especially the wetlands because they help to store excess water. This was the submission of Dr Tajudeen Afolabi, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor […]
…as Tinubu implores APC to prioritise interest of Nigerians By Ukpono Ukpong President Bola Tinubu has said that the deployment of forest guards, with better training, modern technological gadgets and weapons, is being considered as an option to strengthen the security in the country. The President, who received members of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) […]
The State SHALL protect and improve the environment and safeguard the water, air, land, forest and wildlife in Nigeria, remains the provisions of Section 20 of the Nigerian 1999 Constitution (as amended). Despite being part of Chapter 2 of the constitution which is regarded as not justiciable and generally not enforceable by virtue of Section […]
The Delta State government has taken steps to protect forest reserves’ extinction, warning that illegal activities in the government reserved areas would be religiously monitored. The state Commissioner of Environment John Nani who made this known Thursday in Asaba, also said that the state is alarmed with the rate at which economic trees are coming […]
Igwebuike forest in Awarra, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State is the most dangerous place to be without being prepared, one of the chief priests in the area, Mr. Okoro Ogbuji, told South-East Voice. Sometime ago, it was the story of a 63-year-old woman, one Mrs. Ogo Omeriji, said to have been kidnapped, murdered […]
The call by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), for the restoration of Nigeria’s forest cover to at least 25% through the Green Recovery Nigeria (GRN) is beginning to gain momentum and support from both the public and private sectors in the country. In a bid to nip the gloomy but probable prediction that Nigeria’s landscape […]
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of katsina state has declared open a meeting on the menace of forest reserves and cattle routes encroachment in the state. Speaking shortly after declaring the meeting open on Thursday at the local government service commission conference hall in katsina, Masari said for years, provisions and plans were not made for […]