•’Pure water’ The Association of Table Water Producers in Oyo State has urged the Oyo State House of Assembly to reconsider its proposed bill seeking to ban sachet water, popularly referred to as Pure Water, as part of efforts to phase out single-use plastics, warning that foreign investors are already threatening to withdraw from ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has asked the federal government to impose an outright ban on the importation of foreign textile materials as part of efforts to revive Nigeria’s struggling textile industry and stimulate local cotton production. The upper chamber also urged the federal government, through the Ministries of Agriculture and Trade and...
Russia said yesterday it was considering banning popular messaging service WhatsApp, accusing it of failing to prevent crime, and urged its tens of millions of users to switch to domestic alternatives. US technology giant Meta, which owns WhatsApp, said Russia was trying to ban the application because it “defies government attempts to violate ...
A coalition of Nigerian non-governmental orÂganisations (NGOs) has launched a scathing criÂtique of government agencies reÂgarding their stance on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), accusÂing them of inconsistency and a lack of rigorous, independent research. The coalition, comprising Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Environmenta...

