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Monkeypox: NBMA cautions public, urges adherence to safety measures

The National Biosafety Management Agency has called on the public to take proactive measures in other to prevent and stop the spread of monkeypox...

Genetically modified beans safe for consumption, biosafety agency assures Nigerians

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) on Thursday, April 28, 2022, assured Nigerians that the recently-approved, genetically-modified beans is safe for both human consumption...

Visiting Ghanaian team lauds Nigerian biosafety system’s success story

A Ghanaian team of biotechnology and biosafety regulators recently paid a study tour visit to the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) towards understudying the...

GMOs: Govt unveils national guidelines on gene editing

National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), on Thursday, February 10, 2022 in Abuja, unveiled national guidelines on gene editing to ensure improvement on genetically-modified organisms...

Govt approves National Biosecurity Policy for Nigeria

In what looks like a demonstration of its commitment to the protection of the environment, human health and socio-economic development of Nigeria, the Federal...

Biosafety agency to ensure equity in application of modern biotech

The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has said that the agency will ensure that biosafety is...

I never said GMO critics are terrorists – NBMA’s Director-General

Director-General (DG), National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has denied reports attributed to him that Nigerians who are against genetically modified organism...

Nigerians against GMOs are not terrorists, activists reply biosafety agency

We read with utter shock and disbelief the remarks made by the Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency, (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, at a one-day...

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Ignorant, reckless for U.S. to withdraw from UNFCCC – Mohamed Adow

Mohamed Adow, Founder and Director, Power Shift Africa, regrets as "yet another ignorant and reckless act from Donald Trump"...
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Reactions as U.S. withdraws from 66 international bodies

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from 66 international organisations (31 UN...

Trump orders U.S. withdrawal from UNFCCC, IPCC, IUCN, others

In a dramatic turn of events, President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the United States to withdraw from dozens of...

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Ignorant, reckless for U.S. to withdraw from UNFCCC – Mohamed Adow

Mohamed Adow, Founder and Director, Power Shift Africa, regrets...

Reactions as U.S. withdraws from 66 international bodies

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order...
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