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High applications of pesticides puts Nigerian consumers at risk — Report

High applications of pesticides puts Nigerian consumers at risk — Report

  High applications of pesticides is not only threatening Nigeria’s food production, but  posing health risks to consumers, said, “Pesticide Atlas” The report released by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, HBF, said Nigeria is one of the largest importers of pesticides in Africa with $384 million. According to the report, up to 80 per cent of […]

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NCC restates commitment to consumer protection

NCC restates commitment to consumer protection

  The Lamido of Adamawa, Dr Muhammadu Mustapha, has commended the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on a range of its telecom consumer protection initiatives, including the recent Village Square Dialogue (VSD), which was held at the weekend in Yola, Adamawa State. Kakakin Adamawa, Prof. Abubakar Tahir, who represented Lamido Adamawa, at the Consumer Conversation programme

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ATTENTION! NERC bars DisCos from billing disconnected customers

CONSUMER PROTECTION! NERC bars DisCos from billing disconnected customers

  Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos)  have been barred by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission from billing already disconnected customers. The ban is contained in a March 2023 document by NERC Chairman, Sanusi Garba which The Nation obtained yesterday. In the document titled   “Customer Protection Regulation 2023,” the commission said that  DisCos can only bill customers

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CONSUMER HEALTH! “Dispose of Norvasc tablets immediately” – Health Ministry alerts pharmacies

CONSUMER HEALTH! “Dispose of Norvasc tablets immediately” – Health Ministry alerts pharmacies

  The Edo State ministry of health has alerted residents in the state about the sale and use of Norvasc® 5mg tablets, cautioning drug dealers to get rid of the tablets immediately. Produced by United States-based drug developer Viatris Inc., Norvasc® 5mg tablets earned the ban, following the discovery of iron wires in samples taken

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SHOCKING! “US government had full access to Twitter user activity, including DMs,” Elon Musk reveals

SHOCKING! “US government had full access to Twitter user activity, including DMs,” Elon Musk reveals

    Billionaire Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, has revealed that the U.S. government had “full access” to users’ private direct messages under the previous Twitter management team. Musk also confessed that that the information blew his mind. In an excerpt of his Fox News interview with host Tucker Carlson, Musk told Carlson that he was

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Lawmakers prescribe 5yr jail term for substandard life-endangering products

Lawmakers prescribe 5yr jail term for substandard life-endangering products

  Members of the House of Representatives at the plenary, has passed through second reading, a Bill which seeks to repeal the Standards Organisation of Nigeria Act, No.14 of 2015 and enact the SON Act, 2023 for the purpose of providing additional functions for the organisation, creating new offences and increasing penalties for offences relating

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INT’L: SVB customers set to become bank customers of First Citizens Bank in new acquisition deal

INT’L: SVB customers set to become bank customers of First Citizens Bank in new acquisition deal

  First Citizens Bank, has concluded plans to acquire most of the assets of the United States tech lender, Silicon Valley Bank, SVB. Interpreting this move for the bank consumers, the acquisition means that customers of SVB will automatically become customers of First Citizens, which is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. The development comes as

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Consumer group urges incoming government to break DisCos’ monopoly

Consumer group urges incoming government to break DisCos’ monopoly

  To serve the consumers proficiently, Network For Energy Reforms(Nigeria), has called on the incoming administration to tackle the lingering corruption in the power sector to save it from total collapse. The group specifically insisted that there is a need to break the monopoly of distribution companies created under the 2013 privatization exercise. Coming as the

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HÖRMANN pledges cutting edge customer service to Nigerians

HÖRMANN pledges cutting-edge customer service to Nigerians

  Hörmann, a leading manufacturer of European doors, has vowed to provide cutting edge customer service to any Nigerian who crosses their path. Addressing a cross section of stakeholders at the introduction of the German door brand in Lagos,   the Managing Director and Founder of SarniaRock International Limited, the official distributor of Hörmann products in

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