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Nigerian Biosafety Law:  A Keg of Gun Powder

Nigerian Biosafety Law: A Keg of Gun Powder

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 inv

Blood Cattle

Blood Cattle

by Nnimmo | May 3, 2016 | Analysis, Climate Change, Culture, Environment, Food, Militarism, Policy

Blood Cattle: With so much blood shed so that cattle may roam roughshod over the land, it does make sense for us to rethink our meat production and consumption patterns. Violent conflicts have become so pervasive in Nige

Burning Africa with the Paris Agreement

Burning Africa with the Paris Agreement

by Nnimmo | April 18, 2016 | Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Militarism, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

The Paris Agreement will see to the sinking of Small Island states and the roasting of Africa – a continent uniquely exposed to the vagaries of global warming. Of what use is it for poor vulnerable nations to smile

Eco-Instigator 11 by HOMEF- a collector’s delight

Eco-Instigator 11 by HOMEF- a collector’s delight

by Nnimmo | April 8, 2016 | Analysis, Biosafety, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Poetry, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

HOME RUN The turmoil in the world has continued with increasing sites of environmental and political conflagrations. As this edition of your Eco-Instigator was going to bed, the world was shocked to hear of the assassina

New PIB: Coming in Four Draft Bills?

New PIB: Coming in Four Draft Bills?

by Nnimmo | March 8, 2016 | Analysis, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Policy

New PIB is coming in four parts Petroleum industry watchers in Nigeria have been wondering whether the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) that has been in the works for almost a decade would eventually be junked. Information

Our Environment, Our Resources, Our Future

Our Environment, Our Resources, Our Future

by Nnimmo | March 4, 2016 | Environment, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

It is indeed exciting to be a part of this epochal reception. One reason is that it is not easy to move from the civil society space and perform creditably on the government side. Some even say that civil society campaig