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Nigeria may become desert, NCF warns

On November 18, 20189:56 pmIn Metro, Newsby vanguard

THE Nigerian Conservation Foundation, NCF, Sunday, expressed worry that Nigeria is losing about a half kilometre of its land mass annually to desert encroachment and time is of the essence before the entire country becomes a desert.

…anyone who dared the desert, Mediterranean without document to prove he/she is a Nigerian, there is nothing we can do – Buhari

On November 29, 201711:47 amIn Newsby vanguard

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government was hoping to evacuate identified stranded Nigerians in Libya and other countries them back to Nigeria and rehabilitate them.

I drank my urine to survive in the desert – Libyan deportee

On November 11, 20177:10 amIn Just Human, Newsby Nwafor

“I had to drink my urine to survive in the desert, Nigerians were just dying like chickens everyday on our journey through the desert. I buried some of them and others we just threw away their bodies because there was no time to bury them. I can never wish my enemies to go through such horror in a bid to travel outside the country to earn a living”.

44 Nigerian, Ghanaian migrants die in Sahara Desert

On June 1, 20177:27 pmIn Newsby vanguard

More than 40 migrants from Nigeria and Ghana have died in the Sahara Desert after their truck broke down in arid northern Niger.

Sahara sees snow for first time in 37 years

On December 22, 201611:13 amIn Newsby vanguard

For the first time in 37 years and the second time in living memory, snow has fallen in the Sahara desert, which has been known for its brutal and suffocating heat.