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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…