Tag: Standards Organisation of Nigeria
SON seals up 13 steel companies for flouting standard
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has sealed 13 steel factories across the nation for standards infractions.
The agency’s chairman, task force on steel,...
SON destroys substandard mobile phone accessories valued N480m
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) yesterday destroyed substandard mobile phone accessories worth over N480 million.
Speaking at the destruction site of the products in...
AfCFTA: MAN, SON collaborate to checkmate illegal trade deals
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and Standards
Organisation of Nigeria (SON) have partnered to forestall sharp practices that may
arise from President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent...
Court remands 2 businessmen for selling substandard gas cylinders
Ime Akpan
A Federal High Court in Lagos has remanded two businessmen,
Messrs Emmanuel Anthony Nnan and John Paul Ejike in prison custody for alleged
importation and...
Businessman remanded in prison for dealing in adulterated engine oil
nJustice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos
has ordered that a businessman, Mr. Cajetan Chike Muonagolu be remanded in
prison custody.
The defendant who...
FG directs MDAs to patronize SON’s MSC certification
Ime Akpan
The federal government has directed all its ministries,
departments and agencies (MDAs) to henceforth patronize the internationally
accredited services of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria...
Maritime operators collaborate with SON to check counterfeit products
Ime Akpan
Stakeholders in the maritime sector Key stakeholders in the maritime industry have pledged to work with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to...
SON publishes new standards for beans processing
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has come out with new standards for processing beans in line with the Nigerian Industrial Standards (NIS).
The director...
Role of clearing agents to combat influx of sub-standard goods vital–SON
The director general of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mr. Osita Aboloma, has said that clearing and forwarding agents have important roles to play...
Stakeholders clamour for return of SON to seaports
Steve Babafemi
The absence of the personnel of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) at Nigerian seaports to check containers bringing goods into Nigeria has...