425 posts
by HOMEf | May 3, 2017 | Hunger Politics
Should science not be to the advantage of society? Does science always serve the public interest? Nnimmo Bassey, director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) posed these questions in...
by HOMEf | Apr 27, 2017 | Hunger Politics
Safe Food is a Human Right Should science not be in the public interest and in service of society? The answer to that is obvious and it is a YES....
by HOMEf | Apr 25, 2017 | Hunger Politics, Press Release
The Monsanto Tribunal’s Legal Opinion reinforces movements’ struggle for basic human rights Monsanto Tribunal releases its findings: Monsanto’s activities undermine basic human rights, victims of multinational corporations need better protective...
by HOMEf | Apr 22, 2017 | Fossil Politics, Press Release
The shocking news that all previous claims by Shell that they did nothing wrong with the highly contentious OPL 245 oil bloc deals were false hit Nigerians yesterday. Global Witness...
by HOMEf | Apr 12, 2017 | Hunger Politics
The task of ensuring that science responds to popular needs of society should be the major challenge that scientists have to overcome. While that task is met regularly, the issue...
by HOMEf | Apr 2, 2017 | Fossil Politics, Press Release
Mass #Breakfree Actions in Ogoni, Nigeria. On the 30th of March 2017, hundreds of climate activists as well as concerned and affected Nigerians joined ongoing actions around the world aimed...
by HOMEf | Mar 13, 2017 | General
Monitoring Our Community Forest Communities are best placed to monitor their forests because they live in the forests, depend on forest resources and readily notice threat and changes that occur...
by HOMEf | Mar 3, 2017 | Hunger Politics
NIREC and the trouble with Nigeria’s GMO Twins By Nnimmo Bassey Recently there was a news report that the National Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) cautioned the Nigerian government with regard to...
by HOMEf | Feb 25, 2017 | Hunger Politics, Press Release
Benin City Declaration On Promoting Biosafety In Nigeria At the conclusion of the One day Stakeholders meeting on Promoting Biosafety held at BAR HOUSE, Benin City, Edo State, by the...
by HOMEf | Feb 16, 2017 | General
The forest comnunities and other threatened communities of Cross River State, Nigeria, have won a significant victory. The order of the Cross River State government revoking ownership of land extending...
by HOMEf | Feb 4, 2017 | Hunger Politics
The controversy surrounding the 260 km Superhighway proposed by the Cross River State government (CRSG) of Nigeria will not go away. Notably, the bulldozing of forests, farmlands and sundry properties...
by HOMEf | Jan 4, 2017 | Ikike
Let me begin by thanking the Board of Bassey Andah Foundation for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts on the threats to the Nigerian environment on this auspicious...