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Arrival of The Last Militant

Arrival of The Last Militant

by Nnimmo | February 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 assig

A Living Memorial for Deadened Memories

A Living Memorial for Deadened Memories

by Nnimmo | February 4, 2016 | Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Militarism, Stories

The Bus, a sculptural memorial in honour of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel, and John Kpuine was shipped to Nigeria from the United Kingdom

Eco-Instigator #10

Eco-Instigator #10

by Nnimmo | January 24, 2016 | Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth, Stories

As is the tradition of HOMEF, Eco-Instigator #10 was issued at close of December 2015 in order to bring you some comments from the Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

A Day with Ex-Lepers

A Day with Ex-Lepers

by Nnimmo | December 29, 2015 | Culture, Stories

Breaking the barriers Christmas season offers us opportunities to show love and remind ourselves that we are all humans, no matter our situations in life. In the midst of prevalent obnoxious consumerist tendencies, the b

Sharing Gives Meaning to Creation

Sharing Gives Meaning to Creation

by Nnimmo | December 2, 2015 | Analysis, Biosafety, Climate Change, Culture, Stories

Knowledge generation is one thing, sharing it is another. It does not matter how much knowledge is generated and how brilliant they may be, if no one shares such knowledge it may not make any difference if they were neve