NAFDAC
3 days ago
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered and sealed a warehouse of six flats containing expired foreign drugs and supplements in the outskirts of Aba. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the building is located in the serene village setting of Umummeje, Umuocheala in Osisioma LGA of…
4 days ago
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down several drug shops, warehouses, and packing stores at Idumota Market in Lagos over the sale of suspected falsified and unregistered medicines. The enforcement operation, which took place on Tuesday, targeted major distributors suspected of supplying counterfeit drugs to pharmacies and hospitals…
10 Feb
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday busted and seized suspected fake and adulterated pharmaceutical products at the Onitsha Bridgehead drug market. Dr. Martin Iluyomade, Coordinator of NAFDAC in Southeast who led the team on the raid, told newsmen that the operation would be total and continuous. Iluyomade said…
10 Feb
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed counterfeit and expired drugs, unwholesome processed food and substandard products worth ₦4.7 billion in Rivers State. According to the agency, the exercise took place at the Aluu dumpsite in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. NAFDAC said the destroyed products…
10 Feb
Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has sought the death penalty for drug peddlers, particularly those whose actions result in the death of children.
9 Feb
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has reiterated the call for stiffer penalties for drug peddlers. This is contained in a statement signed by the agency’s resident media consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, in Abuja on Sunday. The statement quoted Adeyeye as saying, these…
9 Feb
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has called for the introduction of the death penalty for drug peddlers, particularly those whose actions result in the death of children. Speaking at the weekend, Adeyeye stressed the need for stricter penalties to deter the sale of…
6 Feb
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has inaugurated its ‘catch them young consumer safety club’ for secondary school students in Oyo State, as part of its awareness campaign on the menace of drug abuse among Nigerian youths.
2 Feb
The National Agency For Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has expressed concerns over the alarming drug abuse among secondary school students. While addressing students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Rumukwuta in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, represented by the South-South Zonal Coordinator NAFDAC, Oligbu Chukwuma,…
1 Feb
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has inaugurated a ‘Drug-Free Safety Club’ in schools as part of
29 Jan
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has advised students and youths in general to shun illicit and narcotic drugs and alcohol. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Christiana Adeyeye, gave the advice at the inauguration of NAFDAC Consumer Safety Club (NCSC) at Union Secondary School, Ichi, Ekwusigo Local Government Area, Anambra,…
29 Jan
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has successfully raided 240 shops in Aba’s notorious Cemetery Market, confiscating counterfeit products worth over N5 billion.