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The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) says Nigeria has lost about 95 percent of its vulture population over the past 15 to 20 years.

Joseph Onoja, director-general of NCF, spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at a regional workshop on strengthening coordination and implementation of vulture conservation efforts in West Africa.

The workshop was organised by NCF, BirdLife International and other conservation partners.

Onoja warned that poisoning, illegal trade and habitat destruction were pushing the birds towards extinction.

He said available observations indicated a significant decline in the population, although Nigeria had not conducted a recent nationwide census to establish the exact number of vultures remaining.

“If we had 100 vultures 15 or 20 years ago, 95 percent of them have been killed. Only five per cent are remaining,” Onoja said.

He identified belief-based exploitation as a major threat, explaining that some people believe vulture body parts, particularly their heads, can attract wealth, good luck and success.

Onoja said there was no scientific evidence to support such beliefs, adding that the birds’ distinctive bald heads were an evolutionary adaptation that enabled them to feed on animal carcasses without soiling their feathers.

Alaba Modupeola Adzande, deputy director and head of wildlife and city management at the forestry department of the federal ministry of environment, said the government was implementing measures to tackle illegal wildlife trade and protect threatened species.

Adzande identified the wildlife law enforcement taskforce as a key mechanism for addressing wildlife trafficking and forest-related crimes.

She said rehabilitating degraded ecosystems, including wetlands and Ramsar sites, could restore suitable habitats and encourage the return of vulture populations.

She called for increased public awareness, particularly in communities where misconceptions about the birds remained widespread.

Fadzai Matsvimbo, Africa Preventing Extinctions Programme coordinator at BirdLife International, described vultures as nature’s cleanup crew, saying they played an essential role in maintaining healthy ecosystems.

She said Africa is home to 11 vulture species, six of which were on the brink of extinction because of rapid population declines in recent decades.

According to Matsvimbo, poisoning accounts for more than 60 percent of vulture deaths, while belief-based use contributed nearly 30 percent.


https://www.thecable.ng/ncf-nigeria-has-lost-95-of-its-vulture-population-in-20-years/

Who told these ones that Democrats would stop funding Israel? Trump started aligning with Russia and that was his biggest problem. I don't know why he started that. Doesn't even make sense.

internationalman:
What brought insult into this one now. I said over hyped EPL average teams y'all keep saying will give other big teams from other top leagues problem. The guy mentioned Brighton and I mentioned Aston Villa.

On a very good day any team can beat any team, but y'all premier League fans keep acting like other leagues and teams are not good enough. My argument is simply, EPL may have the best domestic league, but they don't have the best teams or players..

Moreover, you just proved my point. Man Utd won and you hurriedly ran here to insult me without me insulting you or anything like that, just so you can prove that EPL team is good.

I'm tired of you young Nigerian guys that can't keep insults off your comments.

Rest baba. I said Aston Villa can beat Roma but you went far to bring Barca into the conversation. Can your own team easily beat Barca at camp nou? Barca ain't an average team so why comparing with Villa? You goofed already. The EPL is still the best league and the most competitive. The average teams in the EPL would wallop the average teams in your league. Take this to the bank

enemyofprogress:
If our boys can win our next 8 matches in the premier league, the cup is sure coming to old Trafford at the end of the season. See as dominique dey very sad because of our comeback. You never see anything.

Which cup again? Make una calm down na. One step at a time

Angelfrost:
Roma lost focus... That's all.

This win is just another paper over a massive yawning crack. Just wait.

So Roma lost focus. Abeg tell us another story. Naso Dem lose focus against Madrid when they were leading 3-1 and eventually lost 4-3 within 10mins. Rest bros

Angelfrost:
Guy, leave this talk abeg...!

Apart from Arsenal, no single EPL team is truly UCL standard this season.

Let's not argue needlessly abeg.

Dey deceive yourself. Abeg go siddon. Roma has disappointed you tonight

Angelfrost:
Serie A is on a whole new level this season... Just dey watch.

Your out of this world attack don drop 3pts out of nowhere. Una go learn new things

internationalman:
Abeg y'all should rest about this over hyping of these premier League average clubs. Let's see what the Aston Villa can play against Barca today..

I don't know what y'all get from discrediting other leagues or teams that are performing that's not in EPL. Football doesn't begin and end in England.

I hope you've seen what the over hyped EPL team has done to Roma this evening. Shame! So you're expecting Aston Villa to beat Barca at camp nou? I think say you get sense before

Angelfrost:
Serie A is on a whole new level this season... Just dey watch.

On a whole new level? You're only saying this cos ManU is bad this season. This same Roma can't beat Brighton or Aston Villa. I'm very sure

Angelfrost:
Roma's form this season has been out of this world... Their attack is something else.

Man United fans, it might be advisable to sit this one out... Roma will likely humiliate you guys.

Their attack is out of this world and they are still 16th with 4points from 3 games. What kind of hype is this? Continue!

Kaliningrad:
U.S Plans To Use Nuclear Bombs On Iran's Pickaxe Site

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Propaganda post!

We4all:
This paying of bride price nonsense should stop. They will tell you it's tradition, and you begin to wonder why people obey man made traditions, but disobey God's commandments.

Africans are just too primitive and many of their yeye traditions were created by men just to subjugate women.

Exactly! Just too primitive

Omo the girl no fine at all. Money don loss

People wey rig go collect groundnuts in January

zoghys:
I pray she's found alive and healthy. All these small girls of nowadays thinks they are grown once they see pubic hair. Those damage goods call yahoo boys can go extra mile to make money. Imagine I was passing by one of those animals some days back and he was telling his friends that when he didn't hammer when he was using soap continuously., I then wonder what made him hammer now when he's no longer using any soap because he's was in a very big ride that day.

They have unalived her already. The only thing is to find her remains

Hussein035:
Carrick is not a serious manager, he needs to learn how to make his team to work by all means

Gadiola observed this kind of problem in mancity when he took over, he immediately sold Yaya Toure due to perceived arrogance, once you discovered a team member is doing nonsense you deal with him mercilessly so that others will not dare plan rubbish

And you think Carrick was given authority to do all that? It's like you don't know ManU at all. Guardiola was given manager role at City but Carrick can't go beyond Coach status which means the football director Wilcox calls the shots

Niom:
Lacey is on the bench Mbeumo is having 90Min doing nothing....
Can't take on a player 1v1
Can't do a simple cross
Can't score goals when needed
Can't mark...

Eden Heaven is on the bench, Dalot in having 90Min.

I think it's best I start boycotting their games...

What are you saying? You're just being emotional and not realistic

Seunfretty:
Without the red card Chelsea would have still won bros....United didn't take their first half chance and once Chelsea grew into the the game in the second half...United struggled...Chelsea is not that great but still a better team

Without that Red card, that game could have easily ended in a draw as usual. Chelsea only kept a clean sheet cos ManU was a man down. If Chelsea is better this season, Spurs wouldn't beat them 2 nil a Stamford bridge. Once ManU goes a man down, the match is likely gone. That's how Manu play unlike other teams who still go on to muster something

Martinez destroyed the whole thing for United. Omo I don't really understand why he did that crap in the box. It was needless. His level of aggressiveness off the ball is alarming. As for the other players, converting their first half chances would have seen them kill Chelsea's spirit. Carrick is not to blame for this. I see different people shouting Carrick but Carrick played exactly what you guys were clamoring for and the players failed to deliver. If they keep playing this pattern and convert their chances, they'll get positive results in the games to come. Martinez is the Tyrone mings of Manchester United. This Chelsea win sef get as e be. I can now see why Spurs won at Stamford bridge. ManU were just not good enough

ManU played better but the way Ahmad missed those chances ehn, I hope they won't regret it in the second half

Yeye protest that has been hijacked. The moment I saw Israel in the writeup, I knew it had been hijacked by the leftists and Radical islamists. This orchestrated protest would reach most parts of Europe in a bid to stop NATO funding, Cut off support for Israel/US and also change leadership. I just pity those Europeans allowing themselves to be used as tools. I remember when Nigerians protested seriously against Jonathan that time and he was the most mocked president. What people didn't understand was that the APC had hijacked the protested in order to gain power and it worked but now see where it landed us. Some governments try to suppress protests, not because they are afraid of the people but cos they know that hijackers would take full advantage. Sadly, protests have now become another tool of war used to pull down governments and destroy public infrastructure. I can remember vividly the last protest against tinubu in the North where they kept waving Russian flags. That wasn't a genuine protest. That was sabotage!

Candid1872:
But majority of y'all are rooting for him despite his incompetence..if this guy comes in,I may not survive it, as how?

Would you keep quiet! Majority of who? I'm not from the South West even though I grew up here. I saw how everything went down in the last presidential election in Lagos. A lot of southwestern people voted against tinubu and that's why you saw that figure in favor of obi. Sanwo olu became scared and started trying to appease the SW people cos of his governorship bid. You people don't understand politics at all cos if you did, you would see that tinubu got his winning votes from the core North. This January is a very good time to kick this baba out of office but if you keep using tribe as a talking point then you are just helping tinubu stay for four more years. Obi learned to forge alliances and that is a very good step. He stands a chance of winning but with what you guys are doing, you're only reducing the votes he is gonna get in the southwest. Every vote counts this time around. The more you use ethnic sentiment, the less likely that your candidate would become president. You may not believe what I'm saying but you can continue and let's see the result in January then I'll tag you

Candid1872:
There are several other indigenous tribes and we are more than the ibos ..they hate if we call them ibos, so I'm not one of them and care less about their spelling. But to think only ibos h'ate Tinubu is pure deception...I dis'like that dude with a passion

Do you think I like tinubu in the first place? I don't like his pattern at all but when someone comes out to direct a bad speech towards a particular tribe simply cos the president is from there then he should get his head checked.

Ekukite

Carrick go use Chelsea redeem himself by weekend

Candid1872:
Why did you mention anambra? Is the person you are responding to from there? Or it's one of those silly responses of thinking everyone is ibo?

You see that bolded word. That's the person's tribe. I wonder why it's peppering you. He attacked one tribe and he was given back hot so why are you pained? You guys can't take half of what you dish out

What about the one that the prince would call for auditioning. Different Ladies would come to the palace and behold, the prince would always go for the girl who doesn't look attractive and also from a poor home. How about yul edochie that always finds a way to become prince or king in movies even though he starts out as a poor man in the village. Royalty is his birthright in every movie he starrs in

Cybaghost:
Yoruba government will kill Nigerians. These people have no conscience. You want to start removing money from the pockets or salaries of private citizens to give them phantom health insurance in companies your cronies obviously controls. People cannot even feed properly and you want to force them to start paying for insurance. I pity Nigerians after this evil administration force their way into power again after 2027 elections.

Don't be a tribalistic person. In many countries, they have health insurance laws. It's not a bad thing. Health insurance is actually very important. It would help curtail fraudulent practices in the health sector and excessive billing. The only thing is that the minimum wage should be increased a bit more to accommodate that contribution. Tell soludo to show us what he has been doing for the Anambra people

Atiku just dey press their neck anyhow

Number of IDP camps across northern Nigeria is getting too much. Just imagine a country with a government is having so much IDP camps. It shows how bad the insecurity is

The man don see corruption pull back before Dem cut him life short

Arsenal eventually crashed out. Wonderful! Arsenal fans might have started throwing banters if this thing happened to another big team in the EPL