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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Innocent Anaba A   Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, remanded a Lagos-based businessman, Benson Maduka, in prison custody over alleged importation and sale of unregistered cosmetic products. Trial judge, Justice Abdulaziz Anka , ordered that Maduka be remanded after he was arraigned by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on two-count charge of importing and selling fake cosmetic products. According to NAFDAC prosecutor, Umar Shamaki, the accused person imported unregistered lotion and whitener contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Food, Drug and Related Product Act and punishable under Section 6 (a) of the same Act. Maduka, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Justices Anka has adjourned the case till June 14 for the hearing of the accused person’s bail application and the commencement of trial. In a related development, Justice Anka also convicted and imposed a fine of N150,000 on a trader, Izuchuk...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Innocent Anaba A   Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, remanded a Lagos-based businessman, Benson Maduka, in prison custody over alleged importation and sale of unregistered cosmetic products. Trial judge, Justice Abdulaziz Anka , ordered that Maduka be remanded after he was arraigned by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on two-count charge of importing and selling fake cosmetic products. According to NAFDAC prosecutor, Umar Shamaki, the accused person imported unregistered lotion and whitener contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Food, Drug and Related Product Act and punishable under Section 6 (a) of the same Act. Maduka, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Justices Anka has adjourned the case till June 14 for the hearing of the accused person’s bail application and the commencement of trial. In a related development, Justice Anka also convicted and imposed a fine of N150,000 on a trader, Izuchuk...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Godwin Oritse THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, has thrown its weight behind the proposed export processing facility to be sited at Ijora in Lagos. The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr Olusegun Awolowo, has commended the management of Lilypond Container Terminal, Ijora for planning to establish the export processing and logistics facility at the terminal. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a conference themed: Provision of seamless logistics service as panacea for economic growth,” Awolowo, said that the government will support every effort that will reduce the cost of exportable Nigerian goods. Awolowo said that the government wants to sustain the progress so far recoded in the exportation of agricultural goods. Similarly, convener of the Conference, Mr Las Shobande, noted that there is a need to develop a seamless logistics chain that will make export business more profitable with a view to helping the o...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emeka Aginam Mobile phone operator, Etisalat Nigeria,  has confirmed it was still in discussion with its banking consortium  regarding existing obligations under the syndicated loan agreement signed in 2013. Etisalat  in a statement, yesterday, further noted that it had not received any formal communication from the lenders regarding the proposal. It said: “While we are aware of recent news reports stating that the offer has been rejected by the banks, we cannot confirm this as true as no formal communication has been received from the banks regarding the proposal. “Etisalat has so far held robust discussions with lenders in good faith, and we hope that all areas of discord will be resolved in due course. ‘’Indeed, the current economic challenges have occasioned untold hardship on the telecom industry as a whole, thus requiring a major shift in position by all affected parties. “We continue to explore all available options to pull through th...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Gabriel Olawale A   NEW government-funded study by Johns Hopkins investigators on healthy regular cocaine users has pointed to “impatience” as a clear barrier to condom use in those who are sexually aroused because of the drug. It is no longer news that cocaine use has long been tied anedoctally to higher-than-usual rates of impulsive behaviour, including risky sex, but the tie-in has been difficult to study with any scientifically controlled rigor. Now, the research team knew that people who regularly use cocaine are more likely to have HIV or other sexually transmitted infections, STIs, and the study authors say their findings, published in Psychopharmacology, suggest “sexual impatience” as a likely explanation for the increased risk. According to the Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Matthew Johnson,  the study affirms and may help explain why people who regularly use co...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A group, Like Minds, has hailed Dr. Alex Obiogbolu’s declaration to run for the governorship position on the platform of  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the fothcoming governorship election in Anambra State. The group led by Chief Felix Oli, Akulueuno Agu-ukwu Nri, and made up mainly of the class of politicians who graced the turf initially from the Third Republic era,  said: “The time has come for a true politician to lead Anambrarians towards building a strong political structure; that though money is good, but human beings are better,” hence their commitment to see a true politician return to Awka and bring to bear the dividends of democracy and good governance, not propaganda. In his response, Dr. Obiogbolu drove home the fact that “money only works through the human person, but if only skills and talents are supremely applied. People build parties not money. And over the years, we built these parties through our sweats not the Abuja money. “Yes...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Peter Duru M AKURDI— No fewer than 52 persons were arrested across Benue State by officials of the state Board of Internal Revenue Service, BIRS, and police over allegations of revenue and tax collection fraud. The suspects, who were nabbed in a special operation led by the Board Chairman, Mrs. Mimi Adzape-Orubibi, also led to the recovery of fake tax and revenue booklets from the suspects most of whom impersonated officials of the BIRS and mounted several illegal road blocks across the state to extort unsuspecting road users and business persons. According to a statement by the Media Assistant to the Executive Chairman of the Board, Francis Terna, 16 persons were apprehended in Gboko Local Government Area, while five were nabbed at Zaki Biam in Ukum Local Government Area. Five persons were arrested in Ushongo Local Government Area, same as in Abinsi in Guma Local Government Area, following a tip-off. Terna noted that BIRS has  11 revenue inspection po...