(Posted 17th April 2026)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Isaac Anyaogu, Reuters (Britain), April 14, 2026 |
| Nigeria’s customs said its officials had intercepted two hyenas, a porcupine and 24 protected birds, the ?sixth major wildlife seizure since parliament passed a long?awaited protection law ?in October. The bill, intended to overhaul Nigeria’s wildlife protection framework and sharply increase penalties, cleared both chambers of the ?National Assembly late last year but has yet to receive ?presidential assent. “There was an omission in the schedules where some ?species classified as endangered globally are not considered endangered in ?Nigeria,” said Terseer Ugbor, a lawmaker involved in drafting the bill. “We had ?to go back and correct that.” |
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