LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria will impose fines of up to 12 million naira ($8,200) and jail terms of up to 10 years on traffickers of ivory, pangolin scales and other ‌wildlife in a sweeping new bill ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In a significant blow to wildlife trafficking, Nigerian authorities recently seized 2 metric tons of pangolin scales, worth tens of thousands of ...

The convicts, three Vietnamese and one Guinean, were found guilty of trafficking 7.1 tonnes of pangolin scales and 850 kgs of ivory concluded in Nigeria. The convicts, three Vietnamese and one Guinean ...

The member representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Terseer Ugbor (APC, Benue) said on Monday, April 15, that Nigeria has been known as a major global ...

ABUJA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Nigeria will investigate the killing of endangered wildlife after a video posted on social media showed a soldier killing two elephants in the northeastern Borno state, the ...

When Dr Mark Ofua’s father was a boy, he would sometimes be late to school — not because he was lazy, but because he had to wait for herds of elephants to finish crossing the road. That was only a ...

Armed groups use Nigeria's forest reserves as bases, illicit trade hubs, and to terrorize communities. A new government strategy hopes to claw back control over the conservation areas.Boko Haram is ...

Wildlife conservators have called on the Nigerian government, private sector, and conservation organizations to boost support for wildlife conservation initiatives to safeguard the country’s iconic ...