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Charting The Path to Greater Resilience
The Makoko demolition is not an isolated event but part of a broader pattern of urban displacement and marginalisation. What emerged from this dialogue is a clear and compelling narrative of injustice, but also of resilience.
Community cries for help after massive oil spill
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 30, 2026. Fishers, who depend entirely on the waters for their...
Conversations on Ogoni Struggles: Past Wounds and Future Risks
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 polluted, and the impact of oil exploration and exploitation is still being felt in...
Endless Oil Spills
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 have destroyed farmlands, contaminated water, and displaced...
Eco-Instigator #50
We welcome this 50th edition of the Eco-Instigator with mixed feelings: both of excitement and sobriety. Excitement because our collective voice for ecological justice has continued to grow stronger with every passing season for the past 50 editions; and sobriety...
Makoko: Eviction is not Development
Makoko is an important fishing community located in Yaba Local Government Area of Lagos State, overlooking the Third Mainland Bridge. Demolition squads accompanied by armed security have been bulldozing the community of 300,000 persons from the last week of December...
Showcasing Nigeria’s Food Culture
Food does not exist merely to satisfy hunger. Food, for the Nigerian people and indeed for Africans is deeply rooted in our culture as was demonstrated today by the diversity in flavours from different ethnic groups in the different geopolitical regions of Nigeria....
Groups Demand Immediate Ban on GMOs In Nigeria, Cites Health Risks
A coalition of farmers, scientists/researchers, nutritionists, legal practitioners, medical practitioners, civil society organisations, women and youth groups, etc., representing millions of Nigerian people, has called on the Government to effect a ban on GMOs,...
Eco-Instigator #49
In July 2025, we held the second Nigeria Sociological Alternatives Convergence (NSAC) and the first West African Climate Justice Movement Roundtable (WACJMR), both in Abuja, Nigeria. The meetings brought together participants from across Africa to brainstorm solutions...
Community Inclusion in Energy Processes.
We recently had two days of dialogue and sharing on Just Energy Transition through the use of cultural tools at Owewve community, Ughelli North Area, Delta State, Nigeria. At the end of the engagement, the community people issued a declaration demanding inclusive...
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