by Adam Cruise | Feb 10, 2022 | News
By Adaku Onyenucheya -The Guardian Nigeria The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), in collaboration with the Wildlife Justice Commission, has intercepted pangolin scales and elephant tusks worth N3.1billion being transported through Nigeria to Asia. The Controller General...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 19, 2021 | News
By Vanguard he duo of Omu Resort and the Nigerian Association of Zoological Gardens and Wildlife Parks (NAZAP), has called on the Lagos and Ogun State governments to save the largest and most important elephant herd remaining in Nigeria from endangerment and...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 17, 2021 | News
By Okechukwu Nnodim, Punch A total of 2,972 pieces of elephant tusks and ivories have been seized from smugglers as part of measures to halt the international trade in endangered species, the Federal Government has said. It said the seizures were done to protect...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 9, 2021 | News
By Salamatu Jidda-Fada, This Day There were recent publications on the interception of elephant ivory (846 kg) and pangolin scales (7.1 tonnes) and claws (4.6kg), worth USD54 million (about N22 billion) in Lagos by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Information is...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 15, 2021 | News
By Fadekemi Ajakaiye, This Day Live The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) organised workshops tagged ‘Regional Common Action Plan on Combatting Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) in Abeokuta and Kano to improve awareness on the Illegal Wildlife Trade issue with vulture...