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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...

Benue growers get farm equipment

The Benue State FGN/IFAD-Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has donated farm equipment to VCDP farmers associations in the state. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony which...

We’ve not licenced any GMO product, says NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that it has not licensed any Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) based products...

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,...

Norway multi-faith summit explores avenue to curb deforestation

Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Daoist and Jewish leaders to join with indigenous forest guardians to express moral commitment and explore faith-based mobilisation to end deforestation For...

Why GMOs are unjust, unsafe, unsustainable, by Bassey

Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), at the Stakeholders Workshop on GMOs held on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 in Abuja says...

Digitisation of Kenyan farmer payments helps tackle poverty

A new case study by the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance shows how agriculture non-profit organisation, One Acre Fund, in partnership with Citi Inclusive Finance, successfully digitised loan repayments...

Dangote to spend $1b on rice cultivation

The Dangote Group has disclosed that it is investing $1 billion in rice cultivation in five states to boost food self-sufficiency. The organisation made the...

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Liquid gas association calls for LPG to be central to global energy agenda

The World Liquid Gas Association (WLGA) is participating in International Energy Agency (IEA) Energy Access and Clean Cooking Ministerial...
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Remittance of 1% Nigerian content levy still mandatory – NCDMB

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Tuesday, February 18, 2026, reminded operators, contractors, and service companies...

Sterling Oil, Lagos mobilise 550 pints of blood in two-day blood donation drive

Nigeria requires between 1.8 and 2 million units of blood annually but meets just 25 to 30 percent of...

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Liquid gas association calls for LPG to be central to global energy agenda

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