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MASAHUDU ANKIILU KUNATEH commented on Ugochukwu Chimeziri's blog post West African Gas Pipeline: Niger Delta Moves to Badagry
Ugochukwu Chimeziri posted a blog postHunger Politics: Africa Dancing in the Dark
Introduction “The only strategy would be to make Africa believe that it is ravaged by hunger and could only combat the plague with supports that must come from external cabal forces. If that is achieved, then Africa is destroyed,” these were the lamenting words of Dr Olaseinde Arigbede, national coordinator, United Small and Medium Scale Farmers of Nigeria (USMEFAN) recently at a consultative meeting entitled ‘The Politics of Hunger’ which held in Abuja, Nigeria. The consultative meeting was an…See More
Ugochukwu Chimeziri added a discussion to the group Agriculture
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Just joined you.I love you all on all your efforts to make the planet earth a place for habitation.Rgds,Ugo See More
Profile Information
- What is your name?
- Ugochukwu
- What is your job title?
- Journalism
- What organisation do you work for?
- The Agriculturist
- Website
- www.fsnewsonline.com/commodities.html, www.nigeriaagricnews.com, www.hotnewsoncommodities.blogspot.com
- What aspects of biodiversity are you most interested in?
- Agriculture, Biotechnology, Communicating biodiversity, Climate change, Endangered species, Forests, Oceans, Urban biodiversity
- What languages do you speak?
- English
- Please use this section to introduce yourself in more detail, adding any other relevant information not included in your previous answers. The site administrator will use this answer to decide whether to approve your membership
- Ugochukwu is a graduate of Accountancy with professional qualification in accountancy but has very strong passion for journalism especially the environmental journalism. I was writing for Financial Standard Newspaper based in Lagos, the Nigeria's leading business newspaper with diversified focus on other areas such as agriculture, environment etc. I am in-charge of reports on agriculture, global warming, mining, industrial polution and biotechnology. Ugochukwu has reported these areas for over 4 years and is willing to take up more challenges affecting the environment.
In the meantime, Ugochukwu is the national coordinator of the Journalist Network on Environment (JNE) which is being facilitated by Friends of the Earth Nigeria. Now Ugochukwu is the founding editor of The Agriculturist.
This site was recommended to me through Ugochi Anyaka.
Ugochukwu Chimeziri's Blog
Paint hazards: How to protect women and children
Painting of a new house or repainting of renovated one has been an age-long practice globally. This practice which is carried out in order to put an astonishing beauty to the house could also pose serious hazard to human with children and pregnant mothers being more vulnerable. Paints contain four classes of substances (additives, resins, solvents and pigments) which can enter the body by inhalation, absorption through the skin, ingestion, and through direct… Continue
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 19:25
Global warming: How poverty supports the most dangerous kind of emissions
The role of poverty in many aspects of life is a well-documented chronicle which stares the world in the face. Poverty has immense contribution to gender imbalance, abuse of rights, inability to access good food, water, healthcare amongst others.
This time, poverty has revealed that its tentacles are also in control of the transport and power systems in some of the third world countries especially experimenting ones of Africa. Nigeria is one or perhaps the only country in Africa housing… Continue
This time, poverty has revealed that its tentacles are also in control of the transport and power systems in some of the third world countries especially experimenting ones of Africa. Nigeria is one or perhaps the only country in Africa housing… Continue
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 19:20
Hunger Politics: Africa Dancing in the Dark
Introduction
“The only strategy would be to make Africa believe that it is ravaged by hunger and could only combat the plague with supports that must come from external cabal forces. If that is achieved, then Africa is destroyed,” these were the lamenting words of Dr Olaseinde Arigbede, national coordinator, United Small and Medium Scale Farmers of Nigeria (USMEFAN) recently at a consultative meeting entitled ‘The Politics of Hunger’ which held in Abuja, Nigeria.
The… Continue
“The only strategy would be to make Africa believe that it is ravaged by hunger and could only combat the plague with supports that must come from external cabal forces. If that is achieved, then Africa is destroyed,” these were the lamenting words of Dr Olaseinde Arigbede, national coordinator, United Small and Medium Scale Farmers of Nigeria (USMEFAN) recently at a consultative meeting entitled ‘The Politics of Hunger’ which held in Abuja, Nigeria.
The… Continue
Posted on April 7, 2011 at 16:45
Report Unveils Tobacco Industry’s Bid to Undermine WHO
By Ugochukwu Chimeziri
A new investigative report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists exposes a wide range of tactics employed by the tobacco industry to undermine advances being made by the global tobacco treaty – Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Threats to health policy include aggressive lobbying and legal intimidation, to charitable donations and even outright payoffs.
Even as Parties- including delegates from Nigeria’s ministry of…
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 16:36
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 8:25 on November 11, 2010,
Fahiema Daniels said… - Hi Ugochukwu
I was at a place called butterfly world, in Cape Town, there are literally hundreds of butterflies and this one just decided to land on my chest and I cheated and put him on my nose for the pic:)
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