by Nnimmo | May 26, 2016 | Biosafety, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The saying goes that a people united can never be defeated. Today we affirm that our unity is built on sound knowledge and on a commitment to ensure that our agricultural and food systems are not by any means compromised or corrupted by GMOs. The conference on Just...
by Nnimmo | May 24, 2016 | Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Nigerian Biosafety Law: A Keg of Gun Powder As you will hear in this conference, the Nigerian Biosafety Management Act (2015) is a highly defective piece of legislation contrived to open up Nigeria for a literal GMO invasion. HOMEF has examined the law and our...
by Nnimmo | May 13, 2016 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
A day at Ogoni was a homecoming of sorts for me yesterday when the global wave of #BreakFree actions touched down at Bori. The resolve of the Ogoni to peacefully and determinedly fight ecocide is legendary. The women, with their colourful MOSOP wrappers, were at the...
by Nnimmo | May 12, 2016 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The MOSOP Peace Centre, Bori, Ogoni is a very significant location in the history of the struggle for a safe Niger Delta in which our peoples live in peace and in dignity and struggle for their rights non-violently. It is thus an important place for our second action...
by Nnimmo | May 10, 2016 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Break Free from Fossil Fuels actions commenced in Nigeria today, 10th May 2016, with a rally at Oil Well 1, Nigeria’s first oil well drilled in 1956. It was a gathering of hundreds of citizens, including community chiefs, youths, women groups, and civil society groups...
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