Nigerian Bottling Company Archives

World Earth Day: NBC Celebrates Street Sweepers, Urges Personal, Environmental Hygiene to Halt COVID-19 Spread

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020Ayo Olowo

As the world marks the 2020 Earth Day amidst efforts to halt the spread of rampaging Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited, has lauded the doggedness of environment frontline workers including street sweepers and garbage collectors for helping to keep the country clean. Although social distancing and personal hygiene which includes regular washing […]

Consumer Protection Council probes NBC over Fanta, Sprite poisonous nature

March 17, 2017Ayo Olowo

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has launched a “detailed investigation” into the alleged danger of mixing Fanta or Sprite with Vitamin C. CPC’s Director-General, Mrs Dupe Atoki, announced this in Abuja on Thursday. “The Consumer Protection Council is keenly interested and extremely concerned about the questions that have arisen from and on account of this […]

Fanta, Sprite not fit for human consumption, NAFDAC has been irresponsible

March 15, 2017Ayo Olowo

A Lagos state high court has ruled that Fanta and Sprite, soft drinks produced by the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), contain excessive levels of additives which make them unsafe for human consumption. This ruling is the result of a suit filed by one Emmanuel Adebo, a Nigerian businessman, after his company was unable to sell large […]