Elephant Conflict (HEC) has emerged as a predominant threat to the elephant population across Nigeria's major ecological ...

Wild Africa, a wildlife con­servation organisation, has projected that Nigeria’s travel and tourism sector will cre­ate 2.6 million new jobs over the next decade and generate nearly N12.3 ...

Protecting wildlife and preserving it for the future. Nigeria and Cameroon must conserve transboundary ecosystem services in the face of environmental changes including drought, land-use change ...

Image by Orji Sunday for Mongabay. While demand for animal protein and hides remain at the heart of wildlife hunting in Nigeria, the trade in ape body parts is driven by more spiritual motives.

Wild Africa, an environmental nonprofit, has asked the Nigerian government to intensify efforts in protecting the nation’s ...

In a statement signed by Festus Iyorah, Nigeria’s representative for Wildlife Africa, he lamented that Africa has lost 76% of its wildlife populations since 1970. Speaking on the theme ...

By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has arrested a wildlife trafficker in Cross River State with 346 rare and exotic bird heads, along with other animal specimens. The ...

Despite being a CITES signatory, over the last decade, Nigeria has emerged as a key destination, leading source and transit point for wildlife trade. Due to its porous borders, corruption ...