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GMOs: Agency reassures Nigerians of safety

Director-General (D-G), National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Agnes Asagbra, has reassured Nigerians on the safety of consuming Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) Asagbra stated this...

Why we’re campaigning for total ban on GMOs in Nigeria – Stakeholders

A team of Nigerian food systems stakeholders comprising scientists, farmers and civil society operatives has taken up a campaign to influence the authorities to...

Why GMOs do not serve interest of Nigerian people – Alliance

The GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance in a Memorandum calls on the Nigerian National Assembly, which is investigating the impacts of genetically modified crops in the...

COP29: Alliance of Champions calls on govts, financial institutions to prioritise climate finance for food systems 

The Alliance of Champions for Food Systems Transformation (ACF) reconvened on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, one year after its launch at COP28, to highlight...

Association reassures Nigerians on safety of GMOs

The Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN) has endorsed all commercially released Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and foods in Nigeria as natural and safe for...

Engineers pledge food security, climate resilience innovations

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has pledged to boost post-harvest innovations through solar storage and mobile cold-chain solutions to reduce food loss and...

How agricpreneurs contribute to food security, wealth creation

Ms Rakiya Sadiq’s story is an inspiration for youths especially women in agriculture. Sadiq, a beneficiary of the Golden Morn Agripreneurship Programme of Nestle Nigeria PLC,...

Biosafety key to environmental sustainability, says Minister

Minister of Environment, Malam Balarabe Lawal, has emphasised the crucial role of biosafety in achieving environmental sustainability at the 2024 International Biosafety Conference (Biotech24)...

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Green Energy, Lekoil seek to strike out suit, vacate ex parte orders

Green Energy International Limited and Lekoil Oil and Gas Investments Limited have filed applications before the Federal High Court...
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Zero-waste economy: Foundation urges methane cut, plastic reduction

The Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF) has called for an urgent reduction of methane and plastic production cuts, to...

Senate seeks special funding for Environment Ministry to tackle erosion, flooding

The Senate has called for provision of special funding for Federal Ministry of Environment to tackle erosion, flooding and...

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Green Energy, Lekoil seek to strike out suit, vacate ex parte orders

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