Livelihood pressures, intensified by climate change and ineffective government policies, have driven communities such as Okolomade in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State to abandon conservation rules and engage in widespread deforestation. For 22-year-old Enaanasebhaami Mark, cutting and sawing…

The first part of this series covered piracy and survival among Nigeria’s small-scale fishers and traders. The second showed government inaction. This third instalment shows how shifting weather is battering artisanal fishers, as told through the experience of one community.…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Inspector-General of Police, security chiefs, and the National Economic Council (NEC) to restructure security deployments, arm forest guards, and rehabilitate grazing reserves into economically viable ranches nationwide. The president issued the directive at the…

Former Botswana President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has called on the Nigerian government to create a more enabling environment for farmers to thrive. Mr Masisi made the appeal after touring Agbeyewa Farms in Ekiti State, where he said stronger institutional support for…