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Obagi – A Community Set on Fire
The residents of Obagi, a rural community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, who happen to be the hosts of oil companies like the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG), Total Energies, and AGIP, have been forced to flee their community...
TELA Maize: Nigeria’s Wrong Idea on Food Security
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday the 11th of January 2024 openly approved the open cultivation and commercial release of the TELA maize which is said to be a transgenic insect-resistant and drought-tolerant variety along with other ‘’high-yielding crop...
Shell must address ecological concerns before leaving
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....
Eco-Instigator #42
The ebbing year was tremendously significant for us at HOMEF. We had a moment to look at the ten years that have rolled by since our commencement as an ecological think tank and advocacy organisation. That moment was loaded with gratitude as we recalled milestones of...
No Fisheries Policies Without Fishers
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...
Call for Applications for Omega Resilience Awards Africa (ORA-A) Fellowship 2024
This is a call for applications into the Omega Resilience Awards - Africa (ORA - A) Fellowship programme for 2024. Applications are invited from visionaries, activists, academics, artists, communicators and organisers involved in movements or struggles...
Pesticides and Human Rights
Background The insurgence of chemical pesticides has been accompanied by growing concerns about the impacts of these products on humans, biodiversity, and the environment. In recent months, successful litigation across the globe against pesticide manufacturers has...
Nigerian Indigenous Food
There are several issues today exerting pressure on the food system in Nigeria and in Africa at large. These issues range from wars to inflation, biodiversity loss, climate change, industrialization, and colonialism. These issues, now more than ever, call for a...
Championing Environmental Justice – York University Honours Nnimmo Bassey
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...
Eco-Instigator #41 – Navigating the Great Unravelling
After celebrating a decade of great achievements in the struggle for environmental justice and food sovereignty, we are back in the trenches and the journey continues. Memories of the moments of reflection are brought to you by the keynote paper presented by...