Category: Environment
Urgent Call to Halt Unregulated Mining
Urgent Call to Halt Unregulated Mining By Stella Peters The decision of the Cross Rivers State government to halt mining activities has been hailed by various civil society groups, following the unwholesome practices of artisanal and industrial miners in the state. The Executive Director of Health Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Dr Nnimmo Bassey commended Cross…
Toxic waste: HOMEF tasks Niger Delta communities on environmental monitoring, reporting
Toxic waste: HOMEF tasks Niger Delta communities on environmental monitoring, reporting Following the rising impact of toxic waste in the Niger Delta communities in Nigeria, an Ecological Think Tank, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, has urged oil producing communities in the region to monitor their environment and report incidents of pollution or other environmental…
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital to Launch Kidney Transplantation Center
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital to Launch Kidney Transplantation Center By Katherine Abayomi The University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) has revealed plans to begin kidney transplantation services by October this year. Professor Datonye Alasia, Chairman of the hospital’s Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), stated this during the Renal Department Ground Rounds presentation. Professor…
Federal Ministry of Environment Builds Journalists’ Capacity on Improved Climate change Reporting
Federal Ministry of Environment Builds Journalists’ Capacity on Improved Climate change Reporting By Ekemini Simon The Federal Ministry of Environment through the Department of Climate Change and with support from the European Union has trained select journalists from Southern part of Nigeria for improved reporting on climate change. The three-day capacity-building workshop, which was held…
Environmental Activists Call for End to ‘Green Colonialism’
Environmental Activists Call for End to ‘Green Colonialism’ Environmental activists and scholars have decried how transnationals are exploiting countries in the Global South through extractivism and false solutions, and only interested in making profits at the detriment of the people. The activists and scholars documented their positions in a book titled ‘The Geopolitics of Green…
Stakeholders Donate trees to Gasaki-Jeje community to Address Land Degradation
Stakeholders Donate trees to Gasaki-Jeje community to Address Land Degradation By Ekemini Simon A civil society organisation in the environmental sector, Gee Foundation for Social Justice and Development has donated trees to Gasaki-Jeje community to mitigate the impact of Climate Change in the area. The donation was made on Saturday during the one-day sensitisation event…