Court grants ERA/FoEN permission to sue FG over Tobacco taxes and incentives

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, and presided by Justice M. Idris, has affirmed that the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) is within its rights to demand and get a response from the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on its request for information on tax benefits granted to tobacco companies under the […]

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ERA/FoEN Accuses BATN of Deliberately Misinterpreting Tobacco Control Law, Alerts Police, Lagos Govt

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has alerted the Lagos State government about what it described as “deliberate misinterpretation” by British America Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) of the recently-passed Lagos State law regulating smoking in public places, insisting the tobacco company was on a mission to thwart the implementation of the law. In […]

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