12 posts
by HOMEf | Jul 18, 2023 | Fossil Politics, General
The Niger Delta is home to one of the largest mangrove forests in the world and doubles as the region with the largest mangrove forest in Africa. The region is...
by HOMEf | Jun 26, 2023 | Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Ikike
Africa has witnessed varying degrees of exploitation – exploitation of her peoples, environment, and the systemic strangulation of her ethos. This birthed the partitioning of the continent – forming super...
by HOMEf | May 3, 2023 | Fossil Politics, General, Press Release
On April 25, 2023, frontline civil society organisations, socio-cultural groups, academics, traditional rulers, and individuals drawn from the Niger Delta states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo,...
by HOMEf | Aug 11, 2022 | Hunger Politics
On Thursday 4 August 2022, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) hosted a workshop with judicial officials, lawyers and representatives of the Ministry of Justice which examined issues on genetically...
by HOMEf | Jul 7, 2022 | Hunger Politics, Ikike
Emerging technologies in the areas of genomics, artificial intelligence, automaton, and block chains are driving new forms of extraction and re-ordering African society, economics and ecosystems with similar disruptive shocks...
by HOMEf | Jul 6, 2022 | Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Ikike
On June 23, 2022, frontline civil society organizations, socio-cultural groups, academics, traditional rulers and individuals drawn from the Niger Delta states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo,...
by HOMEf | Mar 24, 2022 | Fossil Politics
On the 3rd of February 2022, an oil spill occurred at Lasukugbene, a community in Southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa State following the burst of pipelines belonging to Agip. In the...
by HOMEf | Mar 18, 2022 | Fossil Politics
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and We the People invited Niger Delta communities and civil society activists to a one-day conversation on the recently approved Nigerian Petroleum Industry Act....
by HOMEf | Mar 7, 2022 | Hunger Politics, Press Release
A coalition of non-governmental organisations, farmer groups and research experts from various African countries call on the Nigerian government to revoke the permits granted by Nigeria’s National Biosafety Management Agency...
by HOMEf | Oct 15, 2021 | Eco-Instigator, Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Ikike
Welcome to another information-packed edition of eco-Instigator. Critically relevant events have been unfolding in rapid succession. Just as wild fires and unusual storms and floods were ravaging the world, the...
by HOMEf | Jul 15, 2021 | Hunger Politics, Ikike
As concerns about the introduction and use of genetically modified organisms/food products are increasing, more steps are being taken in terms of policy reviews and propaganda to encourage their use....
by HOMEf | Jul 12, 2021 | Press Release
Nigerian Civil Society Position on the Petroleum Industry Bill The current version of the Petroleum Industry Bill failed to address community, economic and environmental concerns. We have convened this briefing...