COLUMNS

Makoko: When Urban Renewal Becomes a Humanitarian Disaster

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2026

By Kome Odhomor By any standard of governance, the ongoing demolition of homes in Makoko, Lagos, is deeply troubling. What is unfolding in this historic waterfront community is not merely an urban planning exercise; it is a humanitarian crisis created by policy choices that appear to ignore

NEWS

GMOs: Environmental Advocates Warn of Risk in Food Culture, Public Health

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2025

Environmental advocates have warned that shifting weather patterns, corporate dominance and weak regulatory structures are placing the country’s food culture and public health at risk. According to climate and extractive governance expert, Olamide Martins of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), the effects of climate change on agriculture are

NEWS

NGOs Alleges Government Agencies Confused Over Safety of GMOs

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2025

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Environmental Rights Action and the GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance, a coalition of over 80 civil society organisations, researchers, farmers, women and youth groups representing the interest of millions of Nigerians have condemned the inconsistency from the nation’s foremost agency responsible for safeguarding the health of Nigerians

NEWS

Why We Took SPDC, AGF, Federal Government Agencies to Court, Ekpetiama Kingdom Explains

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2025

The people of Ekpetiama Kingdom in Bayelsa State has explained why a case was instituted against Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the Minister of Petroleum Resources, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). A landmark legal action had been instituted by His Royal Majesty, King Bubaraye

HEALTH

Ban GMO Foods in Nigeria Now, Groups Tells FG

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2025

A group, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, and the GMO-free Nigeria Alliance have insisted that the Federal Government should ban the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their products in Nigeria. This call was made yesterday, during a media briefing in commemoration of World Food Safety Day, […]

NEWS

HOMEF sympathises with flood victims, calls for government to be proactive

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2025

Flooding has become a persistent nightmare in Nigeria. In 2012, floods affected 33 out of the 36 states following the rain that fell between July and October that year. The floods displaced over 2 million people, resulting in more than 400 deaths and other associated destruction. In 2018, the Benue and Niger rivers overflowed due […]