Tag:Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF)

Agric & Biotech

Coalition seeks ban on genetically modified beans in Nigeria, others

A coalition of non-governmental organisations, farmer groups and research experts from various African countries has called on the Nigerian government to revoke the permits...

Michael Simire - March 7, 2022

Marine

Global Oceans Hub Africa concerned about the state of Gulf of Guinea

The Gulf of Guinea is plagued by high level of insecurity and economic activities of dubious value. The region is largely not policed and...

Michael Simire - March 4, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Why right to food must be enshrined in Constitution, by HOMEF

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called on the National Assembly’s Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution to reinstate the clause...

Michael Simire - February 21, 2022

Climate Change

COP26 reflections: HOMEF clamours Nigerian COP ahead COP27

Cadmus Atake-Enade, Project Lead (Fossil Politics), Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), at the Post COP26 Meeting organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Nigeria-supported...

Michael Simire - January 23, 2022

Pollution

Environmentalists, community leaders decry denial of access to Nembe spill site

Some civil society organisations have bemoaned the denial of access to the Nembe oil spill site within the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 operated...

Michael Simire - December 12, 2021

Pollution

Nembe oil spill: Woes of the wellhead

Hundreds of well blowouts have been reported during the history of the oil and gas drilling activities globally. According to a special report published by...

Michael Simire - December 9, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Review biosafety laws to favour Nigerians, HOMEF charges govt

Considering the Federal Government’s approval for the environmental release and open cultivation of genetically modified crops including “Tela” maize, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF)...

Michael Simire - December 6, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Edo farmers flay chemical fertilisers, insist on agroecology

Farmers in Benin City, the Edo State capital, have said that the solution to climate change and food crises is agroecology. The submission was made...

Michael Simire - November 28, 2021

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