deforestation

FG Urges Charcoal Merchants to Support One Million Trees Drive Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas-Lawal

Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas-Lawal

FG Urges Charcoal Merchants to Support One Million Trees Drive

Mirian Gom October 1, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has urged charcoal merchants and other forestry stakeholders to adopt sustainable...

Yobe Police Arrest 26 Over Illegal Tree Felling, Environmental Crimes Police officers rescue suspected trafficking victims in Nasarawa

Police officers rescue suspected trafficking victims in Nasarawa

Yobe Police Arrest 26 Over Illegal Tree Felling, Environmental Crimes

Hussaini Ibrahim February 5, 2026

DAMATURU, Nigeria – Police in Yobe State arrest 26 men for alleged criminal conspiracy and illegal tree...

Nigeria Imposes Nationwide Ban on Wood Exports to Save Forests Open defecation site in rural Nigeria highlighting sanitation challenges.

Open defecation site in rural Nigeria highlighting sanitation challenges.

Nigeria Imposes Nationwide Ban on Wood Exports to Save Forests

Oluwafunbi Bello December 18, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government imposes an immediate nationwide ban on the export of wood and...