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NBMA restates commitment to ensuring safety of GMOs

The Director General/CEO, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has assured Nigerians that the Agency will continue to ensure that any genetically-modified...
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Court asked to declare permits for GM cotton, maize illegal

Seventeen non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have jointly dragged the Federal Government before an Abuja Federal High Court, over permits allegedly issued by the National Biosafety...
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Illegal GM maize: Activists want NBMA, Customs to impound consignments

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) have called on the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA)...
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NBMA alerts Nigerians on imported GM maize

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has alerted Nigerians on tons of genetically modified (GM) maize imported into the country without necessary approvals. NBMA Director...
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Induction forum prepares NBMA for biotech regulation

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has concluded a two-day induction training course on Biosafety Administration which reportedly aimed at increasing the functionality of...
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NBMA reiterates commitment to best practices

As part of efforts to improve capacity of its staff to regulate the application of modern biotechnology in the country, the National Biosafety Management...
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Dangote, Niger sign $450m sugar production MoU

In move towards attaining self-sufficiency in sugar production through the government’s backward integration policy, the Dangote Group, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 in Minna,...
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Why Africans should not be used as guinea pigs for high-risk GM technology

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a pan-African civil society platform championing food sovereignty in Africa, on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 called...
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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

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