SON Highlights Importance of ISO 37003:2025 to small and big companies, MDAs
ISO 37003 offers a practical and scalable framework that organisations can implement to strengthen internal controls and build resilience against financial crimes.
ISO 37003 offers a practical and scalable framework that organisations can implement to strengthen internal controls and build resilience against financial crimes.
In the joint directive dated Tuesday , 11 February 2026, and signed by Terrence Kuanum, Special Adviser on Public Affairs to the SGF, both offices urged the public and industry stakeholders to disregard any enforcement measures not cleared by the OSGF.
The Minister who appealed to the National Assembly for a targeted increase in capital funding stressed that without adequate resources, the ministry’s ability to support President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and the push for a trillion-dollar economy would be severely constrained.
In the judgement delivered on Thursday February 5, 2026, at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja , Justice Frances Messiri, sentenced Orya to ten years on each 49 count charges (490 years), with the terms to run concurrently.
Speaking on the expansion, Lolu Alade-Akinyemi, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Africa Plc, explained that the projects extend beyond capacity growth to deliver operational and sustainability benefits, while also supporting value creation for customers and shareholders, and contributing to economic activity.
The Global Energy and United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Industrial Energy Efficiency and Cleaner Production project has the Energy Commission of Nigeria and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria as executing partners with Bank of Industries, Federal Ministries of Power, Science and Technology, Standard Organisation of Nigeria, four Selected Universities and Nigeria Investment Promotion Council as key stakeholders.
FAB is recognised as one of the world’s safest institutions.
, stakeholders in the industry and consumer rights group have staged protests in Lagos and Abuja against the NADFAC’s ban, emphasising that the policy could displace more than 5.5 million Nigerians from their jobs.
Alcohol strength is measured globally using Alcohol by Volume, ABV, and the products in question fall within internationally recognised ranges for spirits.
Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC Director-General said, “This ban is not punitive; it is protective; she encourages manufacturers distributors, and retailers, to comply fully with the ban.