by Nnimmo | Feb 29, 2016 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Some of the best preserved rain forests in Nigeria are the Cross River National Park and the Ekuri Community Forest all in Cross River State, Nigeria. These forests are under serious threat of being destroyed to make way for a Super Highway that can easily be...
by Nnimmo | Feb 28, 2016 | Climate Change, Culture, Environment, Food
Meetings with labour unionists are opportunities that open new interrogations of complex issues. The determination of African union leaders to create linkages with the wider civil society offers hope for the birth of strong continent-wide movements for positive...
by Nnimmo | Feb 22, 2016 | Analysis, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
R-L: Minister of Environment, Minister of State for Environment 14th February was celebrated as Lover’s day across the world, but in parts of the creeks of the Niger Delta it turned out to be a tragic day. While lovers dressed with a touch of red, Forcados communities...
by Nnimmo | Feb 16, 2016 | Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Militarism, Poetry, Stories
The word militant elicits a certain meaning in Nigeria and like the word insurgents people often link it with violence. Another word that has taken on peculiar meaning in Nigeria is restiveness – a descriptive word assigned to agitated Niger Delta youths totally...
by Nnimmo | Feb 12, 2016 | Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Environment, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Bulldozers, Superhighway and Ekuri Community Forest Bulldozers and forests are not friends. Neither are highways or super highways, as the people of Ekuri Community are learning. The Ekuri Community Forest in Cross River State, Nigeria, is an acclaimed example of how...
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