by HOMEf | Nov 26, 2024 | Fossil Politics, General, Press Release
The discussion around energy, its costs, and stranded communities has alarming statistics, including decades of oil pollution contaminating the soil, water, and air of the Niger Delta. Climate change disproportionately affects marginalized communities due to patterns...
by HOMEf | Sep 30, 2024 | Hunger Politics, Press Release
A coalition of over 100 civil society actors, farmers, scientists, legal practitioners, and academics representing 100 million Nigerian consumers have placed a demand on the Nigerian Government to discontinue plans to introduce genetically modified potatoes and...
by HOMEf | Sep 11, 2024 | Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Ikike, Press Release
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) celebrates with her Executive Director, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, on the prestigious honour of the 2024 Wallenberg Medal. Bassey is the first Nigerian and the fifth African to have received the award. He joins the ranks of other...
by HOMEf | Sep 3, 2024 | General, Hunger Politics, Press Release, Uncategorized
Background Since the setup of the National Biosafety Management Agency Act in 2015, more than 20 different crop varieties have been approved by the Agency for various purposes including commercial release/market placement. As of 28th June 2024, according to...
by HOMEf | Jul 5, 2024 | Fossil Politics, General, News, Press Release
Nigeria is confronted with a number of critical ecological challenges that affect its population’s well-being. These challenges are caused by a number of factors, including a long history of reckless mineral extraction, unregulated and unplanned urbanisation and...
by HOMEf | May 21, 2024 | Hunger Politics, Press Release
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and the GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance have commended the House of Representatives on the resolution to comprehensively investigate the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)into Nigeria and for a halt...