No fewer than 20 businesses have been sealed-off in Ekiti State by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) for offences ranging from non-possession of standardisation certificates and poor quality products. Ekiti State Head of SON, Mr. Ayeni Feyisayo, who disclosed this in Ado-Ekiti yesterday at a sensitisation seminar to mark this year’s World Standard Day,…

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), in line with its Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP), has commenced with the certification phase of Techno Gas’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) gas cylinder manufacturing plant in Lagos.

Worried about the moribund state of paper in the country, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), and relevant stakeholders have reviewed standards to revive the sector.

How can one define quality in business? How can we set realistic and achievable quality standards? To whose standards and how can we keep up with these quality standards over time? Quality separates a business from its competitors. That extra attempt to serve an excellent product or service will put a business at the forefront…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), yesterday, in Abuja sealed premises of some dealers engaged in marketing substandard aluminum roofing sheets in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Worried about the high level of rejects of Nigeria’s dry beans at the international market, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has developed a standard specification for the commodity to aid acceptance in the global markets. Indeed, the agency said the development of new standards, review of existing ones, adoption of international, continental and regional…

For uniformity and also to ensure seamless trade within West African states, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), and Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP), have partnered to harmonise standards for air conditioners and refrigerators Indeed, both agencies expressed the need for uniform standards to address technical barriers to trade in the continent, saying that a…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has warned importers of school uniform materials into Nigeria about some cancer-causing substances found...

Following the prevalence of building collapse in various parts of the federation owing to quality of materials, a university don has blamed the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) for the influx of substandard construction materials in the country. According to him, SON is responsible for the menace because materials imported into the country are not…

A call has gone to the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), to get rid of fake and substandard clippers because of their negative economic and health implications  Chief Ngozi Victor Mbadiwe...

In a bid to check building collapse in the country, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has entered into partnership with the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) to end the menace.

A subsidiary of BUA Group, BUA Cement in collaboration with the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has reaffirmed the need for block and concrete makers to follow the right mix of cement.