Super Evacuation Highway
Government says the Superhighway is essential as an evacuation route for the proposed deep sea port on the Atlantic coastline. What we are not told is where the goods (or indeed, what goods) would be evacuated to! Will t…

Eco-Defenders Resolve to Monitor Ogoni Clean-up
Eco-Defenders Resolve to Monitor Ogoni Clean-Up On the implementation of the clean-up, the consultative meeting noted that the Federal Government has demonstrated significant commitment in commencing the clean-up of Ogon…

What can go wrong has gone wrong
What can go wrong has gone wrong Environmental monitoring is often carried out to ensure that standards are maintained to ensure environmental and human health. In other words, we monitor to ensure that nothing goes wron…

Eco-Instigator #12’s Home Run
New edition of your Eco-Instigator is here! The second quarter of 2016 was a roller-coaster season. Highlights include the continued struggles to save our last remaining rainforests in the Cross River axis of Nigeria. Th…

The Gap Between Solid Minerals and Oil
The National Assembly and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources occupy key vantage points to leverage calm in the oil fields of the Niger Delta. They can make this happen by having communities take their place as true stak…

GMOs Threaten our Food Security and Food Sovereignty
GMOs Threaten our Food Security GMOs do not necessarily yield higher than natural crops. They promote monocultures and will promote land grabbing and thus displace and impoverish small scale farmers. GMOs depend on toxic…

What the Nigerian National Confab Agreed on Biosafety and GMOs
During the 2014 Nigerian National Conference (Confab), three committees made recommendations with regard to handling of Biosafety in Nigeria and with particular reference to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). As at t…

