Tag: Nnimmo Bassey

President Tinubu hinted on 12 June that his administration would give state pardon to the Ogoni leaders executed in 1995 ...

The group said, there is a “calculated and systematic” effort by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to dismantle ...

Out of the total 1,411 Nigerian delegates, 821 have the “Overflow” badges, while 590 were approved to carry the “Party” ...

The official, who is part of Nigeria’s delegation to COP28 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirate, says the fund will ...

"Climate change is a life or death matter and should not be seen as an opportunity for politicking or for ...

The event had creatives, storytellers, movement builders, and community organisers, to discuss climate change issues and to share ideas that ...

The new defence minister will face multiple daunting security challenges across the six geopolitical zones of the country

The environmental group calls on the National Assembly to include that provision in the constitution.

Activists have welcomed the decision as the court is to announce the amount payable as compensation.

The Board took the decision at an emergency meeting held on October 3, 2020.

One major criticism leveled against the blueprint was that its drafters failed to harmonise the vision with several other national ...

“The hate and the resultant violence against “others” remind us of the dark apartheid days and appears to underscore the ...

Mr Bassey has been involved in decades of a campaign against oil pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.

“It has been said that GMOs have higher yield simply because they are made in the laboratory. This is not ...

The UN Climate Change Conference is holding in Bonn, Germany, from June 17 to 27.

Mr Bassey is a recipient of the Rights Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize for works against ...

The environmentalists allege that the 13 per cent oil derivation funds to oil-producing states were being diverted by Niger Delta ...

The activists say the manner the government is trying to persuade Nigerians to accept agricultural biotechnology and GMO food/crops is ...

He said the state has to apologise to the victims and to the Ogoni people for the execution.

The facilitator decried the 'speedy' approvals granted to GM products in Nigeria.

"Give Nigerians a law that assures strict liability for those who want to use us as guinea pigs. We need ...

The National Biosafety Agency on Wednesday raised alarm over tons of GM maize imported into Nigeria.

There is the need for a holistic monitoring of the environmental clean u​p​.

The Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HMEF, Nnimmo Bassey, has called for an urgent environmental audit on Nigeria to ...

Oil companies’ corporate social responsibilities have become subject to manipulation and abuse. The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ...