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 | 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...
by HOMEf | May 21, 2024 | Fossil Politics, Press Release
In 1993, Shell was forced out of Ogoniland where it had extracted crude oil non-stop for decades with unbelievable ecological consequences. The Ogoni people, mobilized under the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), had issued a set of demands...
by HOMEf | Jan 18, 2024 | Fossil Politics, General, Press Release
On the 16th of January 2024, Shell announced on its website and social media platform X that it had reached an agreement to sell its Nigerian onshore subsidiary SPDC to a consortium of domestic and international oil companies for a total net fee of $2.8 billion....
by HOMEf | Nov 22, 2023 | FishNet, Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Press Release
Nigeria has a coastline of about 853km with Lagos, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River as littoral states. 28 out of the 36 states in Nigeria are navigable by the connecting inland waters that stretches about 10,000km – encircling whole...
by HOMEf | Oct 16, 2023 | Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Ikike, Press Release
On 13 October 2023, Nnimmo Bassey, the Executive Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), was conferred with an honorary Doctorate Degree in Law by York University during their fall convocation. York University, Toronto, is the third...