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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...
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Scientists demand emphasis on how trees impact water cycles, climate

Scientists are demanding that the impact of trees on water cycles and climate be given a closer look as, according to them, effects of...
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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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Biotech agencies, NIREC report and unpatriotic activism

Lagos-based research scientist, Dr. Hannah Nnadi, has expressed concern that some activists may “have taken it upon themselves to smear the integrity of government...
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GMOs: Biosafety agency commences analysis of products

Scientists at the GMO (genetically-modified organism) Detection Laboratory of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) have commenced the analysis of selected products displayed in...
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Proposed wood source for Indonesian mill sparks conflict

A potential wood supplier for one of the world’s largest pulp and paper mills does not have the consent of local communities A joint investigation...
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GMOs: Biosafety agency moves to strengthen ties with Customs

GMOs: Biosafety agency The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have met in Abuja, the federal capital city, to...
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NIREC and Nigeria’s biosafety, biotech bodies

Biotechnology and Biosafety Recently, there was a news report that the National Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) cautioned the Nigerian government with regard to permitting Genetically Modified Organisms...
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