MAN Seeks Strict Penalties For Fake Products Importers         The President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Mansur Ahmed, has called on the Standards Organisation of Nigeria to introduce strict penalties for dealers in fake and substandard goods in the country. The penalties, according to him, will serve as...

SON Destroys N450m Worth Fake Roofing Sheets, Gas Cylinders       The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has destroyed substandard liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders and aluminum and corrugated roofing sheets worth over N450 million, for failing the minimum requirement of the standards. Speaking to the reporters during...

SON Impounds N480m Substandard Phone Accessories   The Standards Organisation of Nigeria says it has confiscated substandard phone accessories worth over N480m. The Director, Inspectorate and Compliance Directorate, Obiora Manafa, disclosed this on Thursday after the agency carried out a raid on a warehouse in Lagos. He said...

SON Wants Return To Seaports   The Director General of Standards Organisation of Nigeria(SON), Mr. Osita Aboloma, has reiterated the need for the agency to be returned to the seaports. He said this during a meeting with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Adeniyi Adebayo...

In Imo, SON Intercepts N500m Substandard Roofing Sheets   The Standards Organisation of Nigeria says it has intercepted galvanised roofing sheets and aluminium coils worth about N500m in Owerri and Okigwe, Imo State. The organisation said the interception was in furtherance of its onslaught on the sale...

SON Confiscates 40ft Container Stocked With Substandard LPG Cylinders The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has seized a 40 feet container stocked with substandard LPG cylinders worth over N38 million. The Director General, SON, Osita Aboloma, who disclosed this in a statement, explained that the cylinders...