Tag: NAFDAC

  The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to eliminating substandard and falsified (SF) medicines in Nigeria, describing the menace as a grave threat engineered by “greedy businessmen and their international collaborators.” Speaking at a two-day Sensitisation and Awareness…

  National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, has arrested a 75 years grandpa, Nna Nnanna Felix on Saturday 5th April 5, 2025, at Abia State. The Agency’s Spokesperson, Mr. Femi Babafemi in a Statement on Sunday said the grandpa was arrested with 1.6kg skunk, a strain of cannabis during a raid at Umunteke Asa, Ukwa…

  The leadership of the Onitsha Bridge Head Drug Market, under the umbrella body of ‘Ogbogwu Market, Bridge Head, Onitsha,’ has averred that those who organized a protest over continued closure of the market, by officials of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), are not genuine members of the market. On…

  …Arrests 40 Linked To Unregistered Medicines. …Clarifies Agency Not Disturbing Trade, But Protecting Lives. Against the background of ongoing crackdown on illicit drug trade in major drug markets nationwide, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said it has shut down over 11,000 shops in Aba, Onitsha, and Idumota…

    Peter Obi, Tony Nwoye Onitsha- In a swift response to the closure of parts of Bridge Head Market, Onitsha, by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), His Excellency Mr. Peter Obi, Senator Dr. Tony Nwoye, Hon Idu Emeka, Hon Kelechi Okonkwo and other Labour Party stakeholders have intervened…

  The South-East Zonal Director of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Martins Iluyomade, has raised alarm over mind-boggling manufacture and sale of fake and expired drugs in popular “Ogbo Ogu Market, otherwise, known as, “Head-bridge Drug Market, Onitsha, Anambra state. Iluyomade raised the alarm after he and his team members…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) today January 6, sealed a Chinese supermarket for allegedly selling goods labelled in Chinese language without its proper notification. Speaking with newsmen after the exercise, NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Shaba Mohammed, said that the agency got ‘credible information’ about the supermarket situated…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has warned Nigerians about the illegal sale and distribution of an unregistered brand of condoms in Nigeria. The agency on Thursday said officials from the Post-Marketing Surveillance directorate discovered Foula condoms (packaged in threes) in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, and Zango, Katsina State. It said, “The…

Employees of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), which oversees health and food regulation, have issued a 72-hour strike notice to the federal government, citing anti-worker practices. Akelicious reports that the workers vowed to embark on the nationwide strike from October 7, 2024 if their demands are not met. According…