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After cotton and maize, Nigeria to release more GM food – Ebegba

Sir Rufus Ebegba, the director-general and chief executive officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NABMA), at a meeting held in Abuja to review...

Biosafety Law: How Nigeria is building confidence in MEAs

Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) are international legal instruments whose goals include environmental protection, which entails measures to remedy, mitigate or otherwise deal with global and/or...

EU opposes import of herbicide-resistant GM crops

The European Parliament on Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium voted to oppose the import of three genetically modified (GM) soybeans into the European Union. It...

Agency to partner security agencies in enforcing biosafety law

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has approached various security agencies including the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) as well as the Nigerian Security and...

US approves GM salmon for consumption

Federal regulators last Thursday in the US approved a genetically engineered salmon as fit for consumption, making it the first genetically altered animal to...

How modern biotechnology can create 25,000 jobs, by Ebegba

The Federal Government's determination to diversify the economy as a result of the challenges in the oil sector has set it to develop immutable strategies...

Media and the case for biotechnology development in Nigeria

Public support is crucial if any technology is to be accepted and adopted by those who stand to benefit from it, including modern biotechnology...

‘Nigeria now has a legal biosafety basis to operate’

Rufus Ebegba, Director-General and CEO of the the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), stresses that the recently passed Biosafety Act not only ensures biosafety...

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Thousands march in cities worldwide demanding international financial overhaul ahead of UN finance conference

Thousands around the world are holding mobilisations in time for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), a once-in-a-decade...
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WaterAid rolls out Danida Project to end period poverty in Nigeria

Danida Project - an initiative aimed at tackling period poverty in Nigeria through the enhanced production and sales of...

Aggregated climate action: The example of SPP – Rep. Kama Nkemkanma

Historically, the month of June is an important one for climate action. This is because it is the month...

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Thousands march in cities worldwide demanding international financial overhaul ahead of UN finance conference

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