Environmental justice advocate. Architect. writer. Poet. Believer #AgainstColoniality YouTube: https://xitter.cf/t.co/FnsyhjKCJm
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20.10.20.
A date that is forever etched in our national conscience.
#EndSARS. #LekkiMassacre.
A sad night six years ago.
Their voices mattered so they used it.
Their young lives mattered, yet they laid them down.
Today, we remember the lives lost, the pain of survivors, and the young Nigerians whose sin against their government was to ask for safety, dignity and an end to police brutality.
They will always be remembered because their supreme sacrifices are unforgettable.
May our remembrance remain a demand for truth, justice and accountability.
We will not forget. 🇳🇬
✍🏾✍🏾✍🏾
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Must Watch! The Reality of Oil-Producing Communities. HELDi, CSOs & community members visited pollution-affected sites in Omudioga, Rivers State, under our environmental project supported by Global Greengrants Fund. Thank you for supporting our work! #EnvironmentalJustice
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Many thanks to Daddy @NnimmoB for his support and mentorship 🙏🏽
You can't write the Pentecostal revival story of Rivers State without the Numbere family in the first few lines. We're grateful for the legacy of Late Apostle G.D Numbere & Pst Dr Mrs Nonyem Numbere
#Rivers2050
We thank Rev Dr @NnimmoB & Pastor Dr (Mrs) Nonyem Numbere for adding their voice, foresight, and spiritual authority to the Rivers 2050 #VisionBook
Counting down to November 27, 2026 for the launch of the #Rivers2050Vision
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Acclaimed South African human rights lawyer and international jurist Navi Pillay was recently awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. She led the U.N. independent international commission of inquiry that concluded Israel had committed genocide in Gaza. “I've been accused of being biased and taking sides and speaking lies,” says Pillay.
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has suspended its 65th Plenary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, after member governments failed to reach a consensus on the timelines for its upcoming Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) and the budget required to support its work.
IPCC Chair, Jim Skea, announced this in a statement issued in Geneva on Monday, October 19, 2026, explaining that the session, which was suspended on Friday evening, October 16, had not concluded its business. shorturl.at/m9S0D via EnviroNews
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Exactly, 6–years ago today, the Nigerian army and police killed at least 12 peaceful protesters at two locations in Lagos. The killings took place in Lekki and Alausa, where thousands were protesting police brutality as part of the #EndSARS movement.
Evidence gathered from eyewitnesses, video footage and hospital reports confirm that between 6:45pm and 9:00pm on Tuesday 20 October, the Nigerian military opened fire on thousands of people who were peacefully calling for good governance and an end to police brutality.
After the killings, Nigerian government hired online thugs to troll the victims: dead and alive:
amnesty.org/en/latest/press-…
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Peru Suspends the Use of #Glyphosate and Four Other Pesticides on Food Crops global-agriculture.com/crop-…
Nigerians urged to deny votes to politicians without credible environmental restoration plans, warning that the country’s critical-minerals ambitions could repeat the Niger Delta’s decades-long oil pollution crisis premiumtimesng.com/regional/…
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The 2026 @RightLivelihood Award goes to women and women-led organisations challenging entrenched power structures:
🏆 Jalila Haider @Advjalila
🏆 Rural Women's Assembly @womensassembly
🏆 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association @GYLA_CSO
🏆 Timnit Gebru @timnitGebru
2026 Right Livelihood Laureates challenge autocracy, patriarchy and AI bias youtu.be/JjWFYoFSnoA?si=q8Zj… via @YouTube
@rightlivelihood
Abandonment must not be the final stage of extraction homef.org/2026/09/24/abandon… via @EcoHomef
HOMEF calls for the decommissioning of hazardous infrastructure, cleaning up pollution, restoring ecosystems, and strengthening communities to pursue a future beyond extractivism.
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The Executive Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Dr Nnimmo Bassey, says environmental degradation is now a growing national concern.
Bassey said this in an interview on the sidelines of HOMEF’s School of Ecology programme on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, in Lagos. url-shortener.me/PRQ5 via EnviroNews
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We mourn the passing of our amazing friend & supporter, Swedish filmmaker, publisher/activist, Ms. Anne Ruffer, founder of Hearts100 & Anne Ruffer’s/Hearts of Hope Shelter, Lagos. We condole with her family & loved ones. May her soul rest in peace & her legacies endure
-Managment
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How are the @RightLivelihood Laureates chosen — and what happens when the Jury disagrees?
Hear three Jury members explain how they reach a decision, and meet the 2026 Laureates on September 30!
Tune in at 8 am CEST ⤵️
youtube.com/watch?v=9Nk-PC6L…
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EU has found genetically modified organisms in 5 Chinese products this year. Meanwhile China has rejected a record 146 shipments from a variety of trading partners because of alleged #GMO contamination. thehindubusinessline.com/eco…
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This is the uncomfortable truth we must confront: Africa cannot afford an energy transition that simply replaces one form of extraction with another.
Renewable energy must not become a new scramble for African land, minerals, water and labour, while the value, technology and profits leave the continent.
The transition must be just, locally owned, value-adding and people-centred. Africa should not move from fossil-fuel dependency to green dependency.
Clean energy without justice is not a just transition.
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Renewables deployed without community ownership just repeat the same old supply chain. We need models where value and decisions stay local. This is our collective work. What would that look like in your community?
Renewable energy shift may lead to neocolonialism, Nnimmo Bassey warns naturenews.africa/renewable-…
He faulted arguments that African countries should continue using fossil fuels because the West industrialised through them, likening it to continuing to take from a buffet “when the table itself is already on fire.”
Tracing modern extraction to slavery, plantation agriculture and colonial trade, Bassey asked what happens when land, water, forests and human bodies are turned into commodities.
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“Reading the World” is a remarkable new documentary about Paulo Freire, the acclaimed Brazilian educator whose revolutionary approach to teaching connected literacy to critical thinking and democratic participation. “One of the most important points of his philosophy is that everyone has knowledge,” says Maria Luisa Mendonça, a consulting producer for the documentary.