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An Eye on Biosafety

An Eye on Biosafety

by Nnimmo | December 10, 2020 | Analysis, Biosafety, Culture, Environment, Food, Governance, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

The natural world is a resilient world. A major way by which this resilience is built and preserved is through diversity. Diversity raises the chances of survival of species if a part of the group is attacked or altered

Who Says the Town Crier is Gone (The Life of Patrick Naagbanton)

Who Says the Town Crier is Gone (The Life of Patrick Naagbanton)

by Nnimmo | December 5, 2020 | Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Dirty Energy, Governance, Militarism, Poetry, Stories

“Who Says the Town Crier is Gone” is the title of a poem written by Styvn Obodoekwe in the poetry collection “Night has Come Again.” That collection is made of poems written at the passing of Patr

He was a Man of Peace

He was a Man of Peace

by Nnimmo | December 1, 2020 | Uncategorized

It is with deep humility that I address this gathering to mark the 79th posthumous birthday of our great leader, Ken Saro-Wiwa. I thank Ogoni Civil Society Stakeholders’ Forum for facilitating this event.  For some of us