Environment & Health

The deadly kwashiorkor disease that was so much associated with the Biafra war has made a return to peacetime Nigeria. It was not a pretty sight seeing malnourished children with…

The unfortunate story of the Ogoni repression has too many instances of avoidable mistakes. The first was the failure of the Nigerian government to take advantage of Ken Saro-Wiwa. The…

In the Summer of 2008, I was part of a team that visited Germany on a 3-month training on Environmental journalism.  As part of our training, we were taken to…

By Sandra Eguagie It appears that we have made an unsettling aesthetic choice with the quantity of plastic waste that litter our streets and public areas in Nigeria. Unfortunately, a…

Concerning the subject matter above, we will start by stating the facts first of all and avoid any speculations. In June 15, 2023, an oil spill took place in Uzere…

Last year 2023, the tragic news of the death of a governor of one of the Southwest states took place. Before he died in Germany, he had been going back…

From September 28 to October 4, 2023, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) led a delegation of four environment activists from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria…

In its Responsible Investment report issued this February, Norway’s Oil Fund presented its 10-year dialogue with Shell about Nigeria as a success story. It stated that: “Shell PLC and its…

Many people experience dietary and health difficulties. Probably because of their ages and past lifestyle, they become afflicted with ailments that require them to avoid certain meals and to take…

A child in my family needed a test result as prerequisite for entrance into a training programme. We already knew that the Gwarimpa General Hospital where we usually took members…

In November, 2018, the Federal Ministry of Health posited that 60 million Nigerians suffer from one mental illness or the other. This rather shocking revelation made the rounds in media…

By Innocent Edemhanria About 112 heads of States and over 46,000 delegates including ministries, CSOs, scientists, policy makers, oil companies and the private sector as well as other stakeholders gathered…

To highlight the call for a phasing out of fossil fuels, our organisation has designed a project called Advancing the Paris Climate Agreement and Energy Transition in Nigeria (APTRAN) project.…

In the last few days, the social media has been besieged by a trending video of the looting of warehouses in the premises of Cocoa Processing Industry, Ede in Osun…

Recently, the Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, commissioned a review work on the NDDC Act Amendment Bill ahead of the public hearing on the Bill, currently before…

Activities leading to a successful World Forestry Congress, WFC, billed to take place May 2-6, 2022 in Seoul, Republic of Korea, are already in top gear. The Congress is being…