Nigeria’s parks chief stresses conservation gains amid struggle to protect wildlife

Mongabay
Oct 20, 2026, 8:03 am91 pts
Nigeria has scored a significant conservation victory with the closure of a major illegal gold mine near Gashaka-Gumti National Park, the country’s largest national park, according to National Park Service Ibrahim Musa Goni. An estimated 4,000 miners have been driven from the Kila mining area following an…

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