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Nnimmo Bassey: Junk foods and the politics of hunger

Food occupies a central place in our culture. It plays a key role in religious/social activities and is a major marker of the passage...

Niger Delta: Activists decry persistent oil spills, slow pace of cleanup

Environmental activists in Rivers State have decried the environmental degradation prompted by persistent oil spills and the slow pace of cleanup efforts, causing health...

Why Nigerians do not trust biosafety agency’s regulation of GMOs

The deployment of products of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) continues to raise concerns and resistance, not only in Nigeria but across the world among...

Nnimmo Bassey: Colonialism’s Nunc Dimittis in Africa

The African Union (AU) has “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations” as its theme of the year 2025. This theme...

Nnimmo Bassey: The force and the fire at COP30

The opening and closing of COP30 were marked by significant events. Not about climate ambition or high sounding speeches but by unplanned events. First...

International Tribunal urges govts, masses to acknowledge nature’s rights

Governments and everyday people have been charged to acknowledge that nature has rights just as humans do, and that ecosystems deserve to exist, thrive,...

HOMEF director, Nnimmo Bassey, joins Right Livelihood’s Board

The Right Livelihood Foundation has just welcomed Nnimmo Bassey, a champion of environmental justice and recipient of the 2010 Right Livelihood Award, to its...

Ogonize and Yasunize: A hidden battle of words

We have always been concerned about words. Words are powerful. They help us communicate events that unfold around us. They are building blocks for...

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Abuja technology forum to convene youth, CSOs, media

PROMAD, a civic innovation organisation, says it will convene a one-day Hybrid Youth, CSO & Media Roundtable on Youth,...
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Nigeria unveils plan to lift 50m out of poverty by 2030

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, has inaugurated the “One Humanitarian-One Poverty Response System...

Ikeja Electric cites generation drop for Lagos outages

Ikeja Electric (IE) says residents and businesses across Lagos are experiencing reduced electricity supply following a nationwide drop in...

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Abuja technology forum to convene youth, CSOs, media

PROMAD, a civic innovation organisation, says it will convene...

Nigeria unveils plan to lift 50m out of poverty by 2030

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr...