209 posts
by HOMEf | Oct 16, 2026 | Fossil Politics
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) calls for urgent action to protect the Edumanom Forest Reserve (now Edumanom National Park) in Bayelsa State while safeguarding the rights, livelihoods and wellbeing of the communities that have lived alongside and depended on the forest for generations. Conservation cannot succeed through exclusion, unclear boundaries or the neglect of...
by HOMEf | Oct 14, 2026 | Fossil Politics
Communities around the Apoi Creek Forest Reserve (now National Park) in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State are questioning a conservation approach they say has restricted access to traditional sources of food and income while leaving them exposed to the effects of oil pollution and biodiversity loss. On April 30, 2008, the Apoi...
by HOMEf | Sep 24, 2026 | Fossil Politics
Abandonment must not be the final stage of extraction Ikono, Ibiono communities demand justice against extractive harm For seven decades, communities in Ikono and Ibiono Ibom Local Government Areas of...
by HOMEf | Jul 22, 2026 | Fossil Politics
A resource is discovered; governments celebrate its economic promise, investors arrive, licences are issued, and extraction begins. Wealth leaves the territory, while pollution, damaged livelihoods and broken landscapes remain. Communities...
by HOMEf | Jul 8, 2026 | Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics
Seventy years after Nigeria began commercial oil production, stakeholders from across the Niger Delta have called for an end to new fossil fuel extraction, insisting that the region needs environmental...
by HOMEf | Jun 24, 2026 | Fossil Politics, General, Ikike
Rapid urban expansion in Nigeria’s coastal cities is producing severe environmental trade-offs that undermine climate resilience, livelihoods, and justice. Under the banner of development, waterfront and coastal communities are increasingly...
by HOMEf | May 21, 2026 | Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Ikike, NDAC
The Niger Delta sits on one of the world’s most ecologically damaged landscapes: a region whose natural wealth has been extracted for decades while its communities absorb the compounding costs of...
by HOMEf | Apr 22, 2026 | Eco-Instigator, Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Ikike
We welcome this edition of the Eco-Instigator with a deepened sense of urgency and an unshaken commitment to ecological justice. This edition comes at a time when the fractures in...
by HOMEf | Apr 1, 2026 | Fossil Politics
Tales of Loss Makoko, often described as a community built on water and memory, is not only a place of residence but also a socio-economic ecosystem sustained by fishing, informal...
by HOMEf | Mar 6, 2026 | Fossil Politics, News
Communities in Ogulagha and Okuntu, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, are facing a severe environmental crisis following a major oil spill that began impacting their shorelines on January...
by HOMEf | Mar 5, 2026 | Fossil Politics, General
Ogoniland’s oil crisis is often described as a historical tragedy, but it is not mere history, as oil spills continue to occur in communities across Ogoniland. Land and water remain...
by HOMEf | Feb 21, 2026 | Fossil Politics, Report
Ogoniland continues to suffer from decades of oil spills from abandoned infrastructures, including recent incidents in B-Dere (May 2025), Kpean (August 2025) as well as Eteo- Eleme (June 2023) which...