The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) recently raised an alarm that desertification poses serious threats to the socio-economic wellbeing of humans and biodiversity in ...

President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday flagged off the Nigerian component of the Great Green Wall (GGW) progamme at Bachaka, Kebbi State. The GGW is aimed at checking desertification in 11 northern ...

17 April 2010 MEDENINE - A co-operation agreement in the area of fight against desertification was signed Friday between the Medenine-based Institute of Dry Regions (IRA) and the Nigerian environment ...

The National Agency for the Great Green Wall has warned of gradual spread of desert encroachment across the country. Director General of the agency, Mr. Goni Ahmed said if not checked, desertification ...

The government of Nigeria has announced its plans to restore four million hectares, or nearly 10 million acres, of degraded lands within its borders. The West African nation is now one of 26 countries ...

Abuja — Former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, has called for urgent steps to be taken towards arresting desert encroachment, which is responsible for drought, famine and migration, ...

Worried about the has hazardous consequences of climate change, the Chief Executive of Energy Institute, Loiuse Kingham Obe Fei, has stated that the country losses 350,000 hectares yearly to ...

Kebbi State Chapter of the Customs Officers Wives Association (COWA) has planted about 100 trees to tackle the menace of ...

Shettima also restated the Federal Government’s resolve to adopt additional measures to address the banditry plaguing the northwest region. Shettima, in a statement by Olusola Abiola, Director of ...

Desertification has forced several communities in the Yusufari Local Government Area of Yobe to flee their ancestral lands. Alhaji Baba Aji, Executive Chairman, of Yusufari Local Government Council, ...