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Verified:GMOs Are Officially Approved to Be Grown in Nigeria

Verified:GMOs Are Officially Approved to Be Grown in Nigeria

by Nnimmo | June 28, 2016 | Analysis, Biosafety, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Environment, Food, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) Are Officially Approved to Be Grown in Nigeria The fact that GMOs are approved to be grown in Nigeria is not in doubt. What is disputed is why the approval was surreptitious, to the

Oil Politics – echoes of Ecological Wars

Oil Politics – echoes of Ecological Wars

by Nnimmo | June 26, 2016 | Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Militarism, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

Oil Politics – echoes of Ecological Wars This is to announce Oil Politics – echoes of Ecological Wars a forthcoming book by Nnimmo Bassey published by Daraja Press. Set out in seven sections, this book of 54 essays deals

How Safe are Monsanto’s GMOs?

How Safe are Monsanto’s GMOs?

by Nnimmo | June 13, 2016 | Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

GMOs are basically regulated because their safety is in doubt. The approval granted Monsanto to conduct field trials of genetically modified maize requires that these crops should keep a distance of 20m from non GMO farm

Road, Yes; Displacement, NO!

Road, Yes; Displacement, NO!

by Nnimmo | June 13, 2016 | Climate Change, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, organized  a  two- day  Community dialogue and an Environmental Impact Assessment EIA training for communities that will be critically impacted by the proposed Digital Superh

Nigeria’s Biosafety Agency Dances to Monsanto’s Tune

Nigeria’s Biosafety Agency Dances to Monsanto’s Tune

by Nnimmo | June 8, 2016 | Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Environment, Food, Policy

  Nigerian Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Defies FG, Nigerians, Permits Deployment of GMOs in Nigeria Despite the promise of the Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibril that “Nigeria would not mortgage

Standing Before History

Standing Before History

by Nnimmo | June 2, 2016 | Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth, Stories

Standing Before History In his statement before execution, Ken Saro-Wiwa declared: we all stand before history. Today, in another sense, we all stand at the brink of history. We stand at the line denoting the fact of the

The Bite of Biafra

The Bite of Biafra

by Nnimmo | June 1, 2016 | Analysis, Culture, Environment, Policy, Uncategorized

The Bite of Biafra*   The name, Biafra has been around as the name of a bight far longer than the brief moment during which Eastern Nigeria took it on. The Bight of Biafra is that part of the Gulf of Guinea renamed