EXCITING NEWS! This week, camera traps recorded leopards in Gashaka Gumti National Park for the 1st time ever. For over 20 years, the Gumti Sector was a no-go area due to banditry. Now ANI & NPS have established a ranger outpost there & confirmed there are leopards in the park!

EXCITING NEWS! This week, camera traps recorded leopards in Gashaka Gumti National Park for the 1st time ever. For over 20 years, the Gumti Sector was a no-go area due to banditry. Now ANI & NPS have established a ranger outpost there & confirmed there are leopards in the park!

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Congratulations Eromo!

We're getting ready for Thursday's Great Falls Forum in Lewiston! YJI alum Linus Unah has arrived from Nigeria to help our executive director, Jackie Majerus, tell YJI's story for an hour at the @lplonline. Come if you can, in person or online at noon: lplonline.org/events/great-f…

Mother Earth is our source of life. our only home. our shared responsibility. Yet, land degradation and drought are threatening her health & our future with her. #GenerationRestoration begins with you. Join us this #WorldEnvironmentDay: worldenvironmentday.global

It has always been tough for journalists practising in Nigeria. Tinubu’s govt touts itself as “media-friendly” but Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)’s @Mazi_OJDvis is the 8th journalist arrested since he came to power. We need to do better because #JournalismIsNotACrime. apnews.com/article/nigeri…

“Nigerian authorities must promptly and unconditionally release journalist Daniel Ojukwu and stop harassing and detaining journalists who publish reports into corruption,” said Angela Quintal, head of CPJ Africa program. #FreeDanielOjukwu cpj.org/?p=385562 via CPJ Africa

The spring semester ended with a premiere of the film “A Voice for the Stars” I filmed and produced with excellent team members. Here’s a link to watch the film, which is focused on sustainable lighting for the environment. youtu.be/FoMqXJ1nYWg?si…

3 months in Lagos at a stretch and I think I am losing my mind. Never doing this ever again in my life.

Lagos is set to be the most populous city in the world by 2100. But at this rate, it won’t be able to support this growth. No, literally. The city is sinking. Come home with me, as we dig into how Nigeria’s smallest state is fighting against the waves open.spotify.com/episode/6Apxjp…

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The Royal Mail is a British institution. Its new owner is a Czech billionaire whose main passion is football, not deals bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Hi, I'm Selase. My team and I have been creating an app to transform travel experiences in Africa. We call it Traaple, and it makes discovering exciting activities easy, convenient and simple. Feel free to join the waitlist as we gear up for our launch: traaple.com

Professor and SJ Hall Chair in Forest Economics Matthew Potts co-authored a new study led by Conservation Intl that found that well-planned reforestation projects have up to 10 times more low-cost carbon removal potential than previously estimated. nature.berkeley.edu/news/2024/07/r…

Join us now to save the last elephants in Nigeria! National Park Service-Nigeria Linus Unah Peace Simon Elephant Protection Initiative Africa Nature Investors Foundation NCF

Like in 2021, Leprosy in Nigeria is still a neglected health issue. Since November 2023 MDT supply has been delayed putting in risk the life and wellbeing of persons affected. This needs to change! Linus Unah World Health Organization (WHO) Presidency Nigeria ILEP devex.com/news/leprosy-l…

So honored to receive The Associated Press’s top journalism prize, The Gramling Journalism Award, in the company of esteemed colleagues whom I joined in New York to celebrate. Grateful!

The Nigerian-born, US-based Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie returns to fiction after a decade with Dream Count. Known for her essay We Should All Be Feminists, which was sampled by Beyoncé and printed on T-shirts, she tells the BBC why she took her time.

Better train and bus services could mean cleaner air and less congestion. But are car owners ever likely to switch? p.dw.com/p/4rrgD