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Medical practitioners urge government on GMOs regulation

Catholic Medical Practitioners have called on the federal government to legislate, regulate and monitor the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria. While demanding...

Resource Networks to facilitate responsible Africa agricultural biotechnology emerge

Africa now has in place a number of Resource Networks to strategically address pertinent issues relating to the responsible development and use of agricultural...

Why modern biotechnology must be regulated – NBMA

The Director General/CEO, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 in Abuja re-emphasised the need to regulate the...

How GM crops impact environment – Study

A newly released peer-reviewed paper appears to have drawn attention to environmental challenges associated with genetically-modified (GM) crops, as well as the gaps in...

GMOs: We’ll regulate biosafety sector based on science, not sentiments – Ebegba

Director General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has said that the agency will not regulate the biosafety industry and the technology...

GMOs: Why Nigeria ventured into genetic engineering

Ayuba David, a public servant based in Abuja, in this piece, makes a case for the prevalence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria,...

When legal practioners evaluated GMOs, biosafety and the law

The need for public consultation and participation in the approval processes of applications that directly affect the people’s health and wellbeing cannot be overstressed....

Supplementary biosafety protocol closer to entering into force

Following Cuba’s deposition of its instrument of accession to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the global fund against malaria and other diseases in Nigeria for...
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World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by the end of the century more than half of the...

China continues to battle flood in Pearl River Basin

China’s Ministry of Water Resources is intensifying precautionary measures against flooding as heavy rain continues to lash southern China. The...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the...

World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by...
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