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  • Rotadet has locus standi to institute suit against Guinness -Court

    Rotadet has locus standi to institute suit against Guinness -Court

    The Lagos High Court has ruled that Rotadet Hotel Limited, Ikorodu, Lagos has locus standi to institute a case against Guinness PLC.  

    Hon Justice L.A.M Folami (Ph.D) of the Lagos High Court has said that the case of the Claimant (Rotadet) is therefore predicated on product liability (as submitted by the Applicant Counsel) and negligence.

    He added that the Claimant averred that the incident being complained of occurred in their hotel and that the  product complained of was purchased from an accredited seller of the defendants products.

    “I am satisfied that the claimant showed a nexus between it and the Defendant. I am therefore of the considered view that the Claimant showed it had locus standi to institute the present suit.”

    Rotadet had sued Guinness Nigeria PLC, brewer of Smirnoff Ice the sum of N170m in the Lagos High Court due to its negligence in the production of the Smirnoff Ice with Batch No L9024L70011941 and Expiry date 240120. The action was  taken after the efforts to resolve the matter at the Lagos Multi-door Courthouse failed. 

    In a case between Rotadet and Guinness at the Lagos Multi-door Court House, Rotadet stated through its solicitors Oluwole Kehinde and Rosemary Thomson (Mrs) of OKC Attorneys, Lagos that on May 21,2019, one of its valued customers, Tommy Buks and Company Ltd signed a contract to use Rotadet Hotel facilities for 24 in months.

    On May 24, 2019 Mr Iyiola Adewole of the said Tommy Buks and Company Ltd ordered for a bottle of Smirnoff Ice, produced and sold by respondent, from the applicant’s hotel for consumption. Surprisingly, he said customer discovered that there was a fly in the bottle.

    It added that the said customer was shocked and later informed the applicant that because of the incident, it would no longer be using the facilities and thereby rescinded the contract earlier signed  with Rotadet.

    Thus the singular act of negligence by the respondent in the production of manufacture and sale of the product resulted in loss of over seventy million and eight thousand naira to the applicant. 

    They stated that the presence of fly in the bottle shows clearly, negligence on the part of the respondent, which resulted in colossal loss of earning and loss of profit to the applicant. 

    However, the Company Secretary/Legal Director Guinness Nigeria PLC, Rotimi Odusola had earlier stated in a letter to the solicitors of Rotadet Hotel that Guinness Nigeria PLC is a reputable company committed to producing high quality and safe products.

  • GWR: 16-year-old student performs record-breaking five-day dance marathon

    GWR: 16-year-old student performs record-breaking five-day dance marathon

    A 16-year-old student Srushti Sudhir Jagtap (India), has broken the record for the longest dance marathon by an individual, with a time of 127 hours.

    The previous record of 126 hours was set by Nepalese dancer Bandana Nepal in 2018.

    Srushti’s dance marathon took place in her college’s auditorium, which was “jam packed with supporters,” as described by GWR Official Adjudicator Swapnil Dangarikar.

    “There were moments of her being too tired, but her parents were by her side all the time, spraying her face with water to keep her fresh,” Swapnil said. “Very impressive performance overall.”

    Srushti’s attempt began on the morning of 29 May and continued until the afternoon of 3 June.

    Srushti performed the Kathak dance style, which is one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance.

    She decided to break this record because it was her “dream to represent India through dance.”

    “I wanted to promote our Indian culture,” she explained.

    The teenage girl prepared for her record attempt for 15 months. She was trained by her grandfather, Baban Mane, who taught her Yoga Nidra, a form of guided meditation also known as ‘yogic sleep’.

    The goal of Yoga Nidra is to activate delta brainwaves – associated with healing and restoring the body during deep sleep – while awake. Srushti said this gave her “control over sleep.”

    Srushti’s daily training regimen involved up to four hours of guided meditation, six hours of dance practise, and three hours of other exercise. She slept at 10 p.m. and woke up at 3 a.m. every day, getting around five hours of sleep per night.

    Remarkably, Srushti performed two 126-hour dance marathons at home as part of her preparation. Because of this, she said that her official attempt was “not very difficult.”

    Besides coffee, Srushti did not take any stimulants to aid her wakefulness during the record attempt. She drank coconut water and ate chocolate to “stay fresh.”

    The final day of Srushti’s record attempt was particularly hard for her. “My body was not responding,” she said.

    “All my body parts felt frozen and in pain. But mentally I was focused towards my goal.

    “Due to strong practise, I was familiar with all the changes in my mind and body, so I was calm and composed until the end.”

    The guidelines for ‘longest marathon’ records, the participant is permitted a five-minute rest break for every continuous hour of activity. These rest breaks can be accumulated if not taken. They were the only times Srushti could sleep or use the bathroom during the attempt.

    Srushti took her rest breaks “mostly at midnight,” using the time to nap or talk to her parents “for brain refreshment.”

    Without the strong support of her parents, Sudhir and Sanjivani Jagptap, Srushti said she might not have made it to the end.

  • Louisiana dog earns Guinness world record

    Louisiana dog earns Guinness world record

    A 5-inch tongue Louisiana dog has been officially certified as the longest in the world by Guinness World Records.

    Zoey, a Labrador/German shepherd mix, was awarded the record for longest tongue on a living dog after measured by a veterinarian from the tip of her snout to the tip of her tongue.

    Zoey’s owners, Metairie residents Sadie and Drew Williams, said they got the canine when she was only 6 weeks old, and they almost immediately noticed her unusually long tongue.

    “We thought surely she’d grow into it but she obviously didn’t. She still has an enormous tongue compared to her body,” Sadie Williams told Guinness World Records.

    “Every now and then while we’re out taking her on a walk, people will come up to her and want to pet her,” Drew Williams said.

     

  • ‘I keep refreshing my email,’ Hilda Baci anticipates feedback from Guinness world records

    ‘I keep refreshing my email,’ Hilda Baci anticipates feedback from Guinness world records

    Nigerian Record-breaking chef, Hilda Baci, has disclosed that she keeps refreshing her email in anticipation of confirmation from Guinness World Records.

    Recall Baci embarked on the cooking marathon in a quest to break the record set by Indian chef Lata Tondon.

    However, Guinness Word Records are yet to officially recognize her as the new world breaker.

    According to them, they need to review all the evidence first before officially confirming a record.

    Meanwhile, in a tweet on Thursday, Baci said she has been refreshing her email constantly for the latest response from Guinness World Record.

    She tweeted, “Not me refreshing my email every second since we submitted all the evidence to Guinness World Records”.

     

  • Rotadet Sues Guinness Nigeria PLC N170m Over Alleged Negligence

    Rotadet Sues Guinness Nigeria PLC N170m Over Alleged Negligence

    Rotadet Hotel Limited, Ikorodu, Lagos has sued Guinness Nigeria PLC, brewer of Smirnoff Ice the sum of N170m in the Lagos High Court due to its alleged negligence in the production of the Smirnoff Ice with Batch No L9024L70011941 and Expiry date 240120. The action was taken after the efforts to resolve the matter at the Lagos Multi-door Courthouse failed.

    In a case between Rotadet Hotel Limited and Guinness Nigeria PLC at the Lagos Multi-door Courthouse, Rotadet stated through its solicitors Oluwole Kehinde and Rosemary Thomson (Mrs) of OKC Attorneys, Lagos that on May 21, 2019, one of its valued customers, Tommy Buks and Company Ltd signed a contract to use Rotadet hotel facilities for 24 months.

    “On May,24, 2019 Mr. Iyiola Adewole of the said Tommy Buks and Company Ltd ordered for a bottle of Smirnoff Ice, produced and sold by the Respondent, from the Applicant’s Hotel for consumption . Surprisingly, the said customer discovered that there was a fly in the bottle of the Smirnoff Ice with Batch No L9024L70011941 and Expiry date 240120 served the customer by the Applicants Hotel. Copies of photographs showing the bottle and receipt of purchase of the product shall be relied upon by the applicant.”

    It added that the said customer was shocked and later informed the applicant that because of the incident, it would no longer be using the facilities and thereby rescinded the contract earlier signed with Rotadet.

    “Thus the singular act of negligence by the respondent in the production of manufacture and sale of the product resulted in loss of over N70,080,000 (Seventy Million and Eighty Thousand Naira) to the applicant.”

    They stated that the presence of fly in the said bottle shows clearly, negligence on the part of the respondent, which resulted in colossal loss of earning and loss of profit to the applicant.

    “The respondent has a duty of care to produce and manufacture qualitative, consumable, and hygienic product for merchandise and human consumption.”
    However the Company Secretary /Legal Director Guinness Nigeria PLC, Rotimi Odusola had earlier stated in a letter to the solicitors of Rotadet Hotel that Guinness Nigeria Plc is a reputable company committed to producing high quality and safe products.
    “We are passionate about our consumers and therefore place high premium on the satisfaction which our consumers derive from every experience or encounter with our products. We pride ourselves in excellent service delivery and consumer satisfaction as such we continue to do our best to ensure that our products reach consumers in a safe and consumable state to enable their continued and satisfaction enjoyment.”
    “That being said, we would like to thank your client for her continuous patronage and assure you and your client that the report will be thoroughly investigated in a fair manner.
    “However, in order for us to properly address the complaints, we need to conduct an examination of the unopened bottle of the alleged Smirnoff alcoholic beverage to ascertain the authenticity of its source. We therefore request that you kindly make available to us the unopened bottle of the product to facilitate this investigation and further engagement of this issue,” he stated.
    Guinness Nigeria has sent his defense to the suit but not date for hearing.

  • BREAKING: Fire guts Guinness Lagos warehouse

    BREAKING: Fire guts Guinness Lagos warehouse

    A warehouse located along the Wempco road Ogba Lagos owned by Guinness Nigeria Limited has been gutted by fire.

    The warehouse was said to be used in storing plastic crates.

    Confirming the sad occurrence , the Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said emergency responders, including the LASEMA response team and official of the state fire service, were on ground to salvage the situation.

     

    He said, “On arrival at the scene of the incident at 0430am, it was observed that a warehouse storing plastic crates which appears to belong to the Guinness Nigeria Limited and used to store plastic crates, had been burnt.

    “The immediate cause of the fire could not be determined. However, the agency’s responders and LASG Fire Service officials are on ground to carry out a dampening exercise to forestall any spread or secondary incident.”

  • VIDEO/PHOTOS: Guinness warehouse in Lagos gutted by fire

    VIDEO/PHOTOS: Guinness warehouse in Lagos gutted by fire

    There has been a fire outbreak in Guinness warehouse at Wempco road, close to Oluwole Estate Ogba area of Lagos State on Thursday morning.

    The cause of the outbreak could not be ascertained but eyewitness said the fire started sometime around 2 am Thursday morning.

    Fire authorities are on ground and the outbreak has been put under control as at the time of this report.