Report

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Woes of the Wellhead

by HOMEf | Dec 9, 2021 | Fossil Politics, Report

A special report on the wellhead blowout from Aiteo OML 29 Well 1 in Nembe, Bayelsa State. Hundreds of well blowouts have been reported during the history of the oil...

Africa caught in the Fossil Trap

by HOMEf | Nov 29, 2021 | Fossil Politics, Ikike, Report

Before the rise of fossil resources extraction in Africa, most countries operated agrarian economies as their primary source of exchange. Other economies depended on mining while some others had a...

Report: USD 1.4 trillion fossil fuel buildout jeopardizes Africa’s economies, climate, and communities

by HOMEf | Oct 15, 2021 | Fossil Politics, Press Release, Report

Analysis details why a just energy transition in Africa requires an end to new oil, gas, and coal extraction projects Download the full report: priceofoil.org/the-skys-limit-africa Read the Executive Summary of the...

Hotspots of Conflicts

by HOMEf | Aug 17, 2021 | Fossil Politics, Report

There is literally no African nation without one viable resource or the other and this has made Africa a centre of attraction for exploiters and speculators. Consequently, the quest for...

Report on the State of Biosafety in Nigeria

by HOMEf | Jun 24, 2021 | Hunger Politics, Report

In today’s agricultural sector, there is an increased push for the adoption of genetic engineering technology in crop breeding and animal production. This has heightened biosafety concerns in most developing...

The Big Con: How Big Polluters are advancing a “net zero” climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny – Corporate Accountability

by HOMEf | Jun 9, 2021 | Press Release, Report

As the impacts of the climate crisis become ever more apparent, people around the world, led by Indigenous Peoples, women, youth, and frontline communities, are demanding action. In response, Big...

Floods, Climate Change & Covid-19 Report

by HOMEf | Jan 30, 2021 | General, Ikike, Report

According to the Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), flooding led to 68 deaths in the country in 2020 and “affected” 129,000 persons. Elsewhere in Africa, the UN Office for...

A Bill for an ACT to amend the National Biosafety Management Agency (Amendment) ACT, 2019

by HOMEf | Oct 29, 2020 | Hunger Politics, Policy Paper, Report

In 2015, HOMEF conducted a review of the National Biosafety Management Agency Act, 2015 through consultations with various stakeholders and experts who critically examined the issues of genetically modified organisms...

Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems Convergence: A Call for Establishment of Freshwater and Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of Guinea and Congo Basin (Nigeria, DRC and Cameroon)

by HOMEf | Jun 15, 2020 | Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Ikike, Report

The virtual convergence/webinar on Freshwater and Marine ecosystems held on 8-9 June 2020 rose with a unanimous call for the creation of Freshwater and Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf...