Category: Environment
Earth Day 2026: HOMEF Calls for Urgent Climate Action as Nigeria’s Environmental Crises Deepen
As the world marks Earth Day 2026, the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called for urgent and sustained action to confront accelerating environmental degradation, warning that humanity must urgently shift from rhetoric to responsibility in addressing the climate crisis. This year’s global theme, “Our Power, Our Planet,” underscores the need to speed up…
CAPPA Demands Urgent Govt Action Over Abereke Ocean Surge, Oil Spill
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the Federal and Ondo State governments to take immediate action over the worsening environmental and humanitarian crisis in Abereke community of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, where recurring oil spills and ocean surges have destroyed livelihoods and submerged large parts of the area. In…
Laugh, Resist, Survive!!!
At a time of deepening ecological crisis, widening social injustice, and rising activist burnout, environmental justice advocates are advancing an unexpected yet powerful response to the demand for resilience, urgency, and moral courage – humour. Activists are always at alert – responding swiftly to important existing and emerging socio-ecological and other issues. Often times they…
HOMEF, ERA Deploys Eco-Comedy to Tackle Environmental Challenges, Promote Well-being
By Ebuwa Choice The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), in conjunction with Environmental Rights Action, Friends Of The Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has organised a one-day eco-comedy programme aimed at promoting socio-economic well-being and raising awareness about environmental challenges in Nigeria. Tagged Eco-Comedy, the programme focuses on using humour as a tool to tell stories…
Edo Court Cancels Restrictions of Movement on Environmental Day
A High Court sitting in Benin City has declared unlawful the restriction of human and vehicular movement during the state’s environmental sanitation exercise. In a landmark judgment delivered on Thursday, Justice Isoken Urhomwen Erameh ruled that the enforcement of a stay-at-home order between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on sanitation days violates citizens’ constitutional rights….
Kpean Community Demands Prompt Cleanup, Decommissioning of Oil Facilities After Spill
Residents of Kpean community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State have demanded the immediate cleanup of their environment and the decommissioning of oil facilities following renewed concerns over oil spill incidents in the area. The call came during an environmental monitoring and evidence gathering training organised by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation…
Solar Training Empowers Ogoni Youths for Green Jobs
By Katherine Abayomi Youths in Ogoni have been equipped with practical skills in solar installation and entrepreneurship following a two-week vocational training organised by the Lekeh Development Foundation in partnership with Our Kids Climate Microgrant (OKS). The training, which focused on solar installation, maintenance and repair, is part of efforts to improve livelihoods in oil-impacted…
Book Day: HOMEF Hosts Interactive Session on Politics and Environmental Degradation
By Tracy Ohovwore The Health Of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) on Thursday, February 26, 2026, hosted an interactive book reading session examining the relationship between Nigeria’s political history and environmental degradation. The event, held on February 26, 2026, at the organisation’s office in Benin city, featured former lawmaker, Journalist and activist Hon. Abdul Oroh who…
Group Demands Implementation of Ogoni Bill of Rights Before Oil Resumption
By Katherine Abayomi Civil society groups in Rivers State have called on the Federal Government to fully implement the provisions of the Ogoni Bill of Rights before any move to resume oil production in Ogoniland. The demand was made during a one-day workshop and solidarity peace walk tagged “Project Ogonize,” held in Port Harcourt on…
ICARRD+20: Coalition calls for end to public financing of factory farming
As global leaders converge on Cartagena, Colombia, for the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD+20) scheduled for February 24 to 26, the Stop Financing Factory Farming (S3F) Campaign has called for an immediate end to public financing of industrial livestock production. The coalition is urging governments and multilateral development banks to redirect…