Onitsha
31 Mar
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced that the medicine market at Bridgehead, Onitsha, was reopened on March 7, following a shutdown for comprehensive sanitisation. Dr Martins Iluyomade, the NAFDAC Director for the Southeast, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. NAN…
29 Mar
The Police Command in Anambra has denied reports of casualties in an early morning fire that engulfed a two-storey building storing textile materials on Ifejika Street, near Main Market, Onitsha. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Onitsha on Friday. Ikenga recalled…
29 Mar
A devastating fire broke out early Friday morning on Ifejika Street near Main Market, Sokoto Road, Onitsha, Anambra State, destroying a warehouse and a two-storey residential building filled with textiles and durable goods. The blaze, which began around 6:20 a.m., raged for nearly six hours before state firefighters brought it under control, leaving traders and…
16 Mar
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confiscated over 100 truckloads of substandard, falsified, expired, and banned medicines, including narcotics, from major drug markets in Lagos, Anambra, and Abia states. NAFDAC’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, warning that if the seizure of drugs…
5 Mar
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it uncovered rifles, live cartridges, and other weapons hidden by unknown persons at the Ogbo-Ogwu Drug Market in Onitsha, Anambra. Its South-East Zonal Director, Dr Martins Iluyomade, disclosed this while addressing journalists on Wednesday, as part of the agency’s ongoing enforcement exercise aimed…
22 Feb
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has dismissed claims that the agency’s recent operations are disrupting businesses, insisting that their focus is on saving lives and curbing the circulation of fake drugs. Speaking at a press briefing on Saturday, the NAFDAC Director General, prof. Mojisola Adeyeye reiterated…
19 Feb
Famed for being a financial and commercial powerhouse and boasting of hosting Africa’s largest market in terms of geographical size and volume of goods, Onitsha is the jewel nestled on the banks of the majestic River Niger.
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…
13 Jan
A report by the SB Morgen (SBM) Intelligence, a research firm, has listed Port Harcourt, Maiduguri, Lagos, Calabar, Jos, and other areas as the most dangerous spots for security incidents in the country. The other listed areas were Kano, Onitsha, Eleme Junction in Rivers, and Eleme-Owerri Road, between Rivers and Imo. The report, titled "Roads…
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