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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....

GMOs: Biosafety is no gamble

In his welcome remarks at the Lawyers Roundtable on Biosafety held at the Apo Apartments, Abuja on Tuesday, April 25 2017, Nnimmo Bassey, Director of...

GMOs: Safe food is a human right

In his welcome remarks at a Media Training on Biosafety held in Abuja on Monday, April 24 2017, Nnimmo Bassey, Director of the Health...

GMOs: Is Nigeria ready to kill another environmentalist?

In this article, the context of the Government of Nigeria (GON) and its agencies killing a truth-seeking environmentalist is (a) physical as in murder,...

GMOs: When HOMEF, media debated biosafety, agric biotech

The task of ensuring that science responds to popular needs of society should be the major challenge that scientists have to overcome. While that...

GMOs: What we eat must not eat us

Nnimmo Bassey, Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF, in his welcome words) at the Media Training on Biosafety (themed: “Promoting Biosafety in...

Biotechnology, ‘scientists’, ‘experts’, government agencies and patriotism

The need to interrogate what patriotism means in the context of the challenges of the push of modern agricultural biotechnology into Nigeria and Africa...

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UN Climate Change launches new modelling interface to support inclusive climate policy

How can sophisticated climate modeling tools be made accessible to developing countries to make climate policy assessments more evidence-based,...
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Nigeria adopts national policy to tackle flood disasters

The Federal Government of Nigeria has adopted a National Flood Insurance Policy (NFIP) aimed at addressing the growing threat...

We’re under attack by saboteurs, NNPC management cries out

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says it has uncovered an emerging coordinated sabotage campaign being waged...

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