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The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has warned promoters of cloned brands to desist from such acts in a bid to curb the influx of substandard products into the country. Director-General of SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, explained that the agency would discourage the registration of any product that had a similar business name with an existing brand or those hidden under the names of successful brands to short-change unsuspecting consumers. Salim stated this during a visit of Alaba International Market Association to SON office in Lagos. He said, “The issue of cloning brands cannot be handled alone by SON but going forward, we are going to audit the products we register and certify.  “Anytime a new product comes and looks similar to another registered product that is already popular in the market, we will try to discourage the registration of that product with such a name so that other products would be identified properly. This will increase traceability of products not yet...

The United Forum of Kano Islamic Clerics has asked the state government to stop the teaching of French in schools across the state. The clerics, who also asked for all ties with France to be cut by the state government, demanded that all students learning French should be compelled to switch to Arabic Language as a form of protest for a blasphemous cartoon in the European country.  A 47-year-old middle school teacher in France, Samuel Paty, was on October 16, 2020 beheaded by an 18-year-old Muslim for showing his pupils a cartoon, which Muslims claimed depicted Prophet Muhammad in a bad light. President Emmanuel Macron in his reaction to the incident said, “We will not give up caricatures and drawings even if others back away. “Paty was a quiet hero and face of the Republic.” He went ahead to present the teacher’s family with the nation’s highest honour, the Légion d’honneur. But Macron’s comment about Islam being “in crisis” and his defence of the offensive cari...

Emmanuel Macron, President of France, has asked Muslim leaders in the country to accept the “charter of Republican values” as part of efforts to stop radical Islam. France has in recent times recorded beheadings and stabbings by Muslim immigrants, who disagree with the freedom of expression, which allows French citizens draw cartoons of Prophet Muhammad. The French Council of the Muslim Faith in response to Macron’s request has agreed to create a council which will issue Imams with official accreditation that can be withdrawn at any time. The charter states that Islam is a religion and not a political movement, while also prohibiting “foreign interference” in Muslim groups in France. As part of his efforts to keep France free from radical Islam, Macron announced restrictions on home-schooling and harsher punishments for those, who intimidate public officials on religious grounds, giving children an identification number under the law that would be used to ensure they were at...

Kaduna State Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai The Kaduna State Government has issued query to four kingmakers of Zazzau Emirate Council for failing to attend a coronation meeting summoned by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Ja’afaru Sani, in his office. SaharaReporters gathered that the purported meeting was in preparation for the presentation of staff office to the new Emir of Zazzau, Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. Kaduna State Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai See Also Sahara Reporters Kaduna Government Installs Ahmad Bamalli As 19th Emir Of Zazzau 0 Comments 1 Week Ago Bamalli was installed as the 19th Emir of the kingdom on November 9 at the Muhammadu Aminu Square, Race Course, GRA, Zaria. Those alledged to have been served with the query are the Wazirin Zazzau, Limamin Kona, Limamin Zazzau and Makama Karami of Zazzau. It was, however, not clear whether the Fagachin Zazzau, who is the fifth kingmaker, was also served with the letter of query...

Shepherd Bushiri, a popular African preacher, has been unconditionally released by a magistrate court in Lilongwe, Malawi. This follows Bushiri and his wife’s re-arrest after they jumped bail in South Africa where they are wanted to face $6.6m fraud allegations. See Also Corruption Millionaire Pastor, Shepherd Bushiri, Flees South Africa Ahead Of Fraud Trial 0 Comments 4 Days Ago The duo had fled South Africa in a private jet belonging to Malawi’s President. South Africa says it has commenced extradiction processes against the preacher and his wife. Wapona Kita, lawyer to the Bushiri’s, asked the court to release the two unconditionally, saying their arrest had been illegal. The state prosecutor had asked the court to allow police to keep the couple in custody for a further 30 days to allow the South African Government to formally submit an extradition request. Kita said it was illegal to arrest them before South Africa made a formal extradition request. South Afr...

A policeman attached to the convoy of Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila,  has allegedly shot dead a newspaper vendor named Elechi Emmanuel at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja. The victim was seen gasping for breath and unconscious in a video obtained by SaharaReporters while one of his colleagues tried desperately to revive him immediately after the shooting. It was gathered that newspaper vendors upon sighting the Speaker’s convoy gathered to hail him but the overzealous security detail opened fire on them, killing Emmanuel in the process. VIDEO: Security Detail Of Abuja ‘Big Man’ Shoots Newspaper Vendor Around Eagle Square WATCH FULL VIDEO: https://t.co/O0OpQ7dOTO pic.twitter.com/eKtDEVFHcu — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) November 19, 2020 A source confirmed to SaharaReporters that the victim was rushed to the National Hospital where he was confirmed dead. Media aide to the Speaker, Lanre Lasisi, did not respond to cal...

Wife of a slain polytechnic lecturer, Mufutau Olayemi, has called on the Nigeria Police Force and management of Gateway Polytechnic, Ogun State, to urgently unravel those behind the murder of her husband. Until his death, Olayemi was Head of Department of Electrical and Electronics in the school and hailed from Shaki, Oyo State. See Also CRIME Gunmen Kill Polytechnic Lecturer In Ogun 0 Comments 1 Day Ago He was said to have been on his way home after the close of work on Tuesday when some gunmen chased and shot him in his car. Maimunat, his wife, who spoke with SaharaReporters on Thursday, described the incident as shocking. She said, “My husband told me that he was coming and I did not see him again but I later saw his pictures and how he was shot dead on social media. “He dropped me off at work on Monday night because I was on night shift and that was the day I saw him last. On Tuesday I did not see him, he took care of the children and also to school. I called hi...

Retired officers calling for the resignation of Chile's police chief during an October 2020 protest outside the Carabineros headquarters in Santiago Chile’s police chief, Mario Rozas, has resigned after officers shot two minors in an incident that sparked outrage across the country. President Sebastian Pinera disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Retired officers calling for the resignation of Chile's police chief during an October 2020 protest outside the Carabineros headquarters in Santiago MARTIN BERNETTI AFP/File Pinera said he had accepted the resignation of Rozas, saying he shared the reasons and arguments the police boss had given for resigning. Police officers had on Wednesday shot and wounded two minors, aged 17 and 14, at a residence for troubled children and adolescents in the Southern city of Talcahuano. Police authorities claimed that the officers opened fire after they were attacked with sticks and stones at the center run by the National Service...

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Government has ordered full enforcement and clampdown on belligerent commercial motorcycle rand tricycle operators in the state. Motorcycle riders and personnel of the Lagos State Task Force clashed twice in the last few days. Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu On Tuesday, the task force officers seized over 70 motorcycles around Second Rainbow, FESTAC Town, over infraction of traffic laws, which resulted in a clash between them and the Okada riders. See Also Sahara Reporters Tension As Commercial Motorcycle Riders, Task Force Officials Clash Again In Lagos 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Also on Wednesday, another mob of Okada riders chased some security operatives in Ikeja during a raid.  But at a news conference in Ikeja on Thursday, the state government said “the game was over for Okada riders in the state”. According to Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, a joint task force would be set up to aggressiv...

File Photo The new price regime of the Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, is taking its toll on Nigerians as fuel stations across cities now sell the commodity for as high as N168 per litre. Recall that the Petroleum Products Marketing Motor Spirit had increased the ex-depot price of fuel, from N147.67 to N155.17, in an internal memo with reference number PPMC/C/MK/003, dated November 11, 2020, and signed by one Tijani Ali. File Photo SaharaReporters observed that the new price regime had taken effect in cities such as Ibadan, Oyo State; Akure, Ondo State; Suleja, Niger State; Lokoja, Kogi State, and the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Motorists in the South-West Oyo and Ondo states shared their agonising experiences with SaharaReporters in purchasing the fuel not only at the new prices but with long queues as experienced by some. “At Golden Impression in Samonda, Ibadan, a litre was sold at N160; later, they started selling to us at N168 p...

File Photo The Nigerian Army has proposed to spend N5.6billion on fresh arms and ammunition for its operations in 2021, amidst global criticisms that it deployed its personnel to shoot at peaceful protesters in the Lekki area of Lagos State. SaharaReporters learnt that while the army set aside N3,092,857,481 for the “Purchase of Arms for Operation”, it also earmarked N2,601,581,056 for the purchase of ammunition in the coming year. File Photo The two sums proposed by the army add up to N5,694,438,537. These figures are contained in the army budget as stated in the 2021 Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly, which was presented by President Muhammadu Buhari for the approval of the legislature. Although the majority of the military spending on ammunition is supposed to impart on the protracted war against Boko Haram’s insurgency in the North-East, several army personnel still complain about poor fighting weapons. The army, however, on October 20, deployed its perso...

Lai Mohammed Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday said that the Nigerian Government’s position on the future of social media in the country was regulation rather than shutting it down. Mohammed disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja. Lai Mohammed The minister claimed social media was used wrongly to cause mayhem in the aftermath of the #EndSARSprotest. He said the government would only work with stakeholders to regulate the social media activities in the country. Nigerians have already rejected plans by the government to regulate the social media, insisting that it will infringe on citizens’ rights to freedom of expression. See Also #EndSARS Nigerian Government Threatens CNN, Describes Lekki Incident As 'Massacre Without Dead Bodies' 0 Comments 4 Hours Ago Free Speech News AddThis :  Original Author :  Saharareporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247ht...