In a bold move to safeguard public health, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) confiscated counterfeit, expired, and unregistered products valued at over N1.5 billion in Lagos on Saturday. The operation, executed by NAFDAC’s Investigation and Enforcement team, targeted the cosmetics section of the...
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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed a warehouse in Kano containing 88,560 liters of controlled chemicals, including sulphuric and nitric acids, suspected for use in manufacturing explosives. The discovery was announced on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, by NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, during...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 25 containers of pharmaceutical and other counterfeit substances worth N9.23 billion to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adeniyi, confirmed this during the handover ceremony in Apapa, Lagos. Adeniyi said the seizures...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered an illegal operation involving fake chemicals, expired food flavours, fertilisers, and repackaged raw materials worth N1 billion in Lagos. The agency’s operatives, led by Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Dr. Martins Iluyomade, busted...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has intercepted and uncovered expired beverages worth N35 million in Kaduna. Addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Kaduna, Andrew Tamanuwa, Deputy Director, Investigation and Enforcement Directorate, NAFDAC Kaduna Office, said that interception of the expired beverages followed a tip-off...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday said the agency will not bow to any pressure in its bid to rid the country of banned, counterfeit, unregistered and harmful drugs. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye made this known at a news...
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has bursted a fake drug factory in an uncompleted three storey building at Azagba Ogwashi in Aniocha LGA in Delta. The NAFDAC Director, South – East Zone, Dr Martins Iluyomade disclosed this at a press briefing in Asaba on...
Senate on Wednesday summoned National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to explain unchecked use of harmful chemicals by fruit vendors to hasten the ripening of fruits. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Sen. Anthony Ani (APC-Ebonyi) during plenary in Abuja. The motion...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), in Rivers, has uncovered a group distributing suspected fake drugs to the public in the name of evangelism. NAFDAC South-South Zonal Director, Mr Chukwuma Oligbu, said at a media briefing in in Port Harcourt on Monday, that the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has clarified its stance regarding the nationwide ban on sachet alcohol. Director of the FCT Directorate of the agency, Mr Kenneth Azikiwe, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that the temporary lifting of...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday alerted the public of the presence of counterfeit Artemether/Lumefantrine tablets circulating under the brand name Aflotin 20/120 in Nigeria. The agency said on its twitter handle that the counterfeit product was discovered and reported to the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed fake, substandard, and falsified drugs seized during a recent operation in Onitsha and Aba. The unwholesome pharmaceutical products were destroyed at the Anambra State Waste Management Agency’s dump site in Awka on Friday, following standard disposal...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says its discoveries at the three open drug markets could destroy the lives of millions of Nigerians. Its Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye disclosed this during a news conference in Lagos on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has emphasised its commitment to due process in the importation of Rifampicin, an anti-leprosy drug, into Nigeria. NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, explained the agency’s position on the matter in a statement on Monday. She was responding to...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has denied a report by a media house that it indicted the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) over the distribution of counterfeit medicines to Nigerians. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director-General of the agency,...
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 National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said its ongoing enforcement operations aim to protect Nigerians, not to disrupt trade. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who briefed journalists on Saturday in Lagos, urged against politicising the agency’s operations. NAFDAC launched a...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says over 11,000 shops have been sealed and 40 individuals arrested in its ongoing nationwide clampdown on fake and substandard medicines. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos on Saturday. Adeyeye said...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Sokoto state has warned fruit sellers to refrain from using calcium carbonate and other harmful chemicals to preserve fruits. The warning was issued by the State Coordinator, Mr Abdusalam Lawal, during a public awareness campaign against the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has evacuated 140 tonnes of expired and unregistered drugs from Aba to its office in Anambra. The Deputy Director in charge of Investigation and Enforcement, NAFDAC Federal Taskforce, South South and South East states, Mr Omoyeni Babatunji, disclosed...