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HealthNewsStandards & Consumer ProtectionPharmacists Council of Nigeria Seals 25,000 Illegal Premises In 8 Years

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2022

ABUJA — The outgoing Registrar, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Elijah Mohammed has revealed that the council has sealed about 25,000 illegal premises across the country in the last eight years. Mohammed, during the presentation of his scorecard as registrar of the council from June 2014 to June 2022 on Tuesday in Abuja, said Nigeria would have about 30 faculties of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences by the end of this year. “The offences of the sealed...

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Standards & Consumer ProtectionSON Seizes Expired Products Worth N2m in Plateau

PilotnewsMay 17, 2022

JOS — The State Coordinator, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Plateau Office, Mr. Gambo Dimka, says the organisation has seized expired and substandard products worth N 2 million in Plateau. Dimka said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Jos. The state coordinator revealed that the items seized were mainly food items and fairly used tyres which were either expired or substandard and not safe for human consumption...

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BusinessStandards & Consumer Protection“Fake Products In Nigeria Are More Than The Original”, Williams Uchemba Laments

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 22, 2022

Nollywood actor, Williams Uchemba has decried the high rate of fake products in the country. Uchemba took to his Instastory to lament on Friday, stating that the number of fake products in the country are more than the original products. He added that it is painful that some vendors still sell counterfeit products at the price of the original. The father of one suggested that vendors should have both fake and original products so that...

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BusinessOil & GasStandards & Consumer ProtectionFuel Adulteration: NNPC Fingered Four Oil Companies

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 10, 2022

LAGOS — The Chief Executive Officer/Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari has named MRS, Oando, Duke Oil, and Emadeb as the importers of the adulterated fuel currently in circulation in the country. In a statement on Thursday that the company received a report from its quality inspector on the presence of emulsion particles in Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) cargoes shipped by four companies to Nigeria from Antwerp-Belgium. According to...

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BusinessOil & GasStandards & Consumer ProtectionFG to Investigate Importation of Off-spec Petrol

Beloved John (Staff Writer)February 9, 2022

ABUJA — The federal government has vowed to investigate the supply of adulterated premium motor spirit (petrol). Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum resources, disclosed this to state house correspondents at the end of the federal executive council meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. The minister affirmed that decision to probe followed a briefing on the issue to President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday to get to the bottom of the matter. “The issue did not come...

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Standards & Consumer ProtectionShop Selling Substandard Fertilizer Closed In Mubi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 9, 2021

ABUJA — In carrying out its mandate of ensuring that farmers were not shortchanged, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) Abuja on Wednesday sealed off fertilizer shops for selling substandard products to farmers. The action of the authorities followed complaints from the public on the genuineness of the farm product being sold at the shop located at Wuro-Patuji Tudun Wada, Ahmadu Bello Way in Mubi in Mubi South Local Government Area, Adamawa....

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HealthStandards & Consumer ProtectionDirector Reminds First Aiders To Operate Within The Confines Of The Law

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 16, 20211

YOLA — Members of the First Aid Group of Fityanul Islam of Nigeria (FAGFIN), Adamawa state have been reminded of the need to operate within the confines of the law and fear Allah in the course of discharging their duties as First Aiders. Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar Bindir, the State Director of the Group gave the reminder in an interview in Yola, also called on them to be honest and trustworthy in dealing with people. “Don’t...

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HealthStandards & Consumer ProtectionKano State Government Sealed Off Green-Olives Hospital

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 28, 2021

KANO — Due to professional misconduct and poor service, the Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has sealed off Green-Olives Hospital, Gadon Kaya, Gwale local government area. Abba Dalha, spokesperson of the agency in a statement said the agency has received a petition that the facility has recorded two death cases in the last six months. The statement said: “After thorough investigation, the agency found that the hospital does not undertake proper investigation...

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BusinessStandards & Consumer ProtectionIt is Illegal to Use Billboards, Signage in Enugu Without Approval – ENSSAA

PilotnewsOctober 24, 2021

ENUGU — Enugu State Structure for Signage Advertisement Agency (ENSSAA) says it is now illegal for any person or group to erect billboards and structure for signage in the state without approval from the agency. The General Manager of ENSSAA, Mr. Ike Ezugwu, stated this on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. Ezugwu said the law establishing the agency said licences and permits must be issued to individuals...

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Standards & Consumer ProtectionInstitute Advises FG to Engage Professionals in Project Execution

PilotnewsOctober 1, 2021

ABUJA — The Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN) has advised government at all levels to engage professionals in the implementation of critical projects rather than quacks, to avoid poor execution of projects. The President of the institute, Dr Victoria Okoronkwo, gave advice at the induction ceremony for 74 new members of the institute on Thursday in Abuja. CIPMN was established to regulate the standards, training, discipline and control of the profession of...

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