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Land Degradation

Erosion: Communities want Buhari to declare state of emergency in Anambra

The people of Orumba North and Orumba South in Anambra State have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency to the...

Ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss cause of farmers-herders clash

The President, Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE), Nigerian Chapter, Sen. Bukar Ibrahim, said ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss were part of...

Meteorologist urges solution to desertification in the north

The President of Nigerian Meteorological Society (NMetS), Prof. Clement Akosile, said on Thursday, April 19, 2018 that the country needed to aggressively address the...

Group vows to resist proposed prison, cemetery in Ogoniland

The Ogoni Rights Advocates (ORA) is peeved that the Federal Government is contemplating building a massive prison and cemetery in Ogoniland, instead of the...

Ahead rainy season, Akwa Ibom begins flood control intervention

The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources, Dr Iniobong Essien, has said that government has embarked on various flood control intervention...

Worsening worldwide land degradation now critical, says report

Worsening land degradation caused by human activities is undermining the well-being of two fifths of humanity, driving species extinctions and intensifying climate change. It...

Snow turns orange in parts of Europe

About every five years, the usually powdery white snow turns orange in parts of Eastern Europe. That happened again over the weekend, stunning skiers and...

International Day of Forests: Government pledges to fight land degradation

Acting Director of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment, Mr Tolu Osakuade, has expressed willingness of the department to collaborate with some associations to fight...

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Development of regional fertiliser value chain critical to achieving food security in Central Africa

Central Africa can put an end to a paradoxical situation where it depends on massive imports of food products...
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Court bars Wike, others from Abuja disputed land

An Abuja High Court has given an order of interim injunction restraining the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT),...

Nigeria can earn N1trn monthly from moringa farming – Association

The Moringa Production, Marketers and Farmers Welfare and Empowerment Association says its partnership with the Federal Government can generate...

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Court bars Wike, others from Abuja disputed land

An Abuja High Court has given an order of...
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