By Abdallah el-Kurebe A rice milling firm has debuted in Sokoto with the managing director of the company, Alhaji Nura…
Food Insecurity, Unemployment Bane of Nigeria’s Development, Says Sultan Abubakar
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar has observed that insecurity, unemployment and food insecurity were some of the problems…
UDUS Swears In 52 New Medical Doctors
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) has sworn in 52 new Medical Doctors that studied for the…
Private Orthopedic Hospital Conducts First Hip Replacement in Sokoto
By Abdallah el-Kurebe For the first time in the whole of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, the Bone and Joint…
Polio: 240,000 Children To Receive Injectable Vaccine, Says WHO
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The World Health Organization(WHO) has said that at least, 240,000 children would be immunized during the Injectable…
How I got converted to GMO food
By Mark Lynas APRIL 24, 2015 NAIROBI, Kenya — Mohammed Rahman doesn’t know it yet, but his small farm in central…
Researchers Partner On New African opportunities for sustainable food systems
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Twenty-three (23) African and European research partners are presently collaborating on a long term research and innovation…
Press Release: Nigeria Gets Biosafety Law
PRESS RELEASE By Prof. Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu, Director-General/CEO, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Abuja Nigeria has finally joined the league of…
Nairobi ABBC-2015 Declaration: Lift Ban on GMO Imports in Kenya
Delegates from 30 countries from around the world, attending an International Agri-Biotech and Biosafety Communication Conference (ABBC-2015) in Nairobi have…
Large Consumption, Impact of Climate Change Will Affect Food Security and Water Supplies – Says FAO
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said although there would be enough water to produce…
Off-grid Smart Villages States key role of mini-hydro schemes in Nepal
Off-grid Smart Villages States key role of mini-hydro schemes in Nepal By Abdallah el-Kurebe As a follow up to the…
Arusha Hosts Post-Durban Dialogue On Climate Change and Agriculture
By Abdallah el-Kurebe A three-day Post-Durban Dialogue on climate change and agriculture, aimed at examining the outcome of the United…
Modern Agric Biotech: Lessons From Brazil For Africa
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Journalists, farmers, scientists, biosafety regulators and agribusiness companies from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda and…
Climate Change, Adaptation and African Agriculture
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Key Facts ¤ The scientific evidence is clear: global climate change caused by human activities is occurring…
CSE Questions US’ Commitment on Climate Targets
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has described the United State’s climate action…
Al-Sumait Prize 2020: Call for Nominations
The Prize is to be awarded annually to individuals or institutions within one of the proposed three fields (Food Security,…
Agriculture: Kenya approves planting of Bt Cotton
The Kenyan Cabinet, chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta, has approved the commercial planting of Bt cotton after the 5-year field…
Nigeria commercializes first transgenic food crop
By Abdallah el-Kurebe, Editor Nigerian Government has approved the registration and release of a new Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea…
Sonelgaz, Sonagas sign MoU in gas sector
Equatorial Guinea is currently developing its Gas Megahub project which aims to make the country a regional hub for gas…
Equitorial Guinea launches First Ever Corporate Social Responsibility Book
The book was distributed during the 2nd Gas Exporting Countries Forum International Gas Seminar. The publication highlights key achievements in…
African Energy Chamber launches Outlook for 2020
The report looks at key developments in major African oil and gas producers and offers key insights into the growth…
GMO safety debate is over, By Mark Lynas
The GMO debate is over again. Last week, the prestigious National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine issued what is…
African countries to develop climate-resilient agriculture systems
The continent’s 55 countries sign a 5-point declaration to strengthen food security By Kiran Pandey Fifty-five African countries recently signed…
Nigeria: BASICS innovations is producing purer seeds – Seed Council
The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), says it is getting purer seeds due to the technological innovations of the Bill…
GM mosquito progeny not dying in Brazil: Study
The biotech Oxitec had released the genetically engineered insects with the hope that they would breed with wild populations and…
Scientists release sterile mosquitoes to fight malaria in Burkina Faso
Scientists in Burkina Faso have deployed a new weapon in the fight against malaria, and waded into a thorny bioethics…
Vaccinations: Misinformation is very dangerous
Ethan Lindenberger is only 18 years old, but he is already a hardened campaigner. By Ana Lazaro He managed to…
Avoid fruits consumption during medication, Pharmacist warns
A Nigerian pharmacist, Mr Emmanuel Tangang, has advised Nigerians against consumption of fruits during medication to avoid reduction in the…
Nigeria: UI College of Medicine rises in world university ranking
Prof. Olubunmi Olapade-Olaopa, the Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, says the 71-year-old medical college has clinched…
Chinese Scientists try to cure one man’s HIV with crispr
For the first time, a patient got treated for HIV and cancer at the same time, with an infusion of…
The 9% lie: Industrial food and climate change
By Ronnie Cummins The Climate Emergency is finally getting the attention of the media and the U.S. (and world) body…
WHO introduces global registry on human genome editing
Human genome editing has been raising controversy in the international medical space as there is no regulating body or laws to monitor what scientists do.
Researchers developing natural pesticide alternative that doesn’t harm honeybees
Researchers at the University of Sheffield’s Institute for Sustainable Food are collaborating with industry to develop a natural, sustainable biocontrol…
Microplastics in drinking water don’t threaten human health
A new report finds no evidence of a current danger from microplastics, but the WHO urges further research. By Ashley…
Nigeria Science Café: Scientists, journalists, communication officers brainstorm on effective strategies
Journalists, scientists and communications officer converged on Abuja, Nigeria to participate in a Science Café jointly organised by the International…
Global biotech: Nigeria first to approve Bt Cowpea, as Africa steadies in adoption – ISAAA report
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) has released its 2018 Brief, with the news that Nigeria…
Nigerian scientist develops anti-malaria, cancer, TB drugs
A Professor of Chemistry with the University of Ilorin, Mr Joshua Obaleye says his team hasld discovered anti-malaria, anti-cancer and…
Understanding Nagoya protocol for CGAIR research, By Michael Major, Crop Trust
The ‘Guidelines on the Nagoya Protocol for CGIAR Research Centers’ have been developed to help genebanks understand the legal requirements of…
AfDB-TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to Africa
The Rice Compact of the African Development Bank-funded project on Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is paving the way…
Update on Ebola drug trial: Two strong performers identified
The co-sponsors of the Ebola therapeutics trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced advances that will…
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