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COP29 and Climate Geopolitics By Nnimmo Bassey* As COP29 dragged into overtime the expected climate finance target of at least $1.3 trillions of dollars shrunk to an offer of $250 billion per year from 2035. After much bickering the rich countries decided to raise its offer from $250 billion to $300 billion. This does not indicate that…
African CSOs, Others Protest At COP29, Reject Climate Debt Swap, Seek Debt Cancellation Katherine Abayomi Climate activists from the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) coalition in collaboration with the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), Eurodadd, Latindadd, Debt Justice UK and Recourse, in Baku on November 21 2024 have held a peaceful…
President Tinubu’s Remembrance of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 8 Does Not Address Justice Concerns On Monday, 11 November 2024, President Bola Tinubu through his media aide released a statement honouring the memory of Ogoni leaders including Ken Saro-Wiwa who were killed in 1995 for leading the fight for ecological justice in Ogoni and the…
Actionaid worried as A/Ibom oil community drinks from gutter. By Uko Etim, Uyo ActionAid Nigeria, a non-governmental organization focused on poverty alleviation and human rights, has expressed grave concerns over the plight of the people of Okoritak community in Ibeno LGA. The organisation noted that it was shocking to discover that residents of the oil-rich…
COP 29: Environmental Activist Demands Payment of $6 Trillion Climate Debts By: Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt The ongoing Conference of Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, has about 198 member countries to discuss challenges of climate change and other ecological issues facing the world, a renowned Niger Delta environmental rights activities, Dr. Nnimmo Bassey has called…
Civil Society Urges Transparency in Nigeria’s Defense and Security Sectors By Katherine Abayomi With Nigeria’s security challenges escalating, civil society organizations are calling for greater transparency and accountability in the defense and security sectors. These calls come as the country grapples with threats from Boko Haram, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Eastern Security…
HOMEF Calls for Decisive Climate Action as COP 29 Approaches Urges Radical Reforms to Address Systemic Inequalities and Climate Injustice Stella Peters Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) convened a critical webinartitled “The Emission Gaps and the Road to COP 29.” The webinar broughttogether environmental experts, activists, and public interest lawyersto discuss urgent issues surrounding…
HYPREP to Award Scholarship to 300 Postgraduate Ogoni Students By: Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt A scholarship scheme instituted by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) would support the academic work of three hundred Ogonis. The scholarship which is under the Educational Support Programme of HYPREP is for postgraduate students already studying for their Master’s and…
Building Collapse kills One, Injures Another In Rivers By: Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt A middle-aged man identified as Udeme from Akwa-Ibom State has been reportedly killed in an incident involving a collapsed 2-storey building under construction at the Egbelu-Mgbaraja axis of Ogbogoro Community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The is comes less…
No Nice Word for GenocideWelcome words by Nnimmo Bassey, Director, HOMEF, at the International Oil Pollutionand Just Transition Conference held at Abuja on 30 October 2024 This conference comes at a pivotal moment in the socioecological history of Nigeria. Extractivism and accompanying pollution have wreaked extensive damage in our national life’s physical, socioeconomic, and cultural…