‘My Pikin’ killer syrup manufacturers bag 7-year jail term, court winds-up company

Two employees of Barewa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, Adeyemo Abiodun and Ebele Eromosele, were on Friday sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

The company and its employees were docked on a six-count charge of the production of a killer syrup, “my pikin.”

A mild drama played out, midway into the judgment, as one of the convicts, Adeyemo…

Fear of Boko Haram Leading to Exodus of Manufacturers From North

Owners of multinational firms, mostly expatriates, are planning to relocate from the north. It was gathered at the weekend that the bombings in most of the northern states are instilling fear in the expatriates who are already thinking of relocating their companies outside the country or out of the northern region.