By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sanctioned two pizza outlets in the FCT for using expired dough blend seasoning. The FCT Director of NAFDAC, Mr Ozigis Abdulsalam, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday....
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Some medical practitioners have lauded the move by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to enforce the ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET, and bottles of 200 ml and below. The physicians who spoke...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Food, Beverages and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB) on Tuesday held a peaceful protest against the National Agency Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC)’s directive to shut down companies manufacturing alcoholic sachet drinks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
Officials of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Tuesday, began enforcement of ban on sachets of alcoholic drinks in Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NAFDAC officials visited some of the factories where the alcoholic beverages were being produced...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto/Zamfara States Customs Area Comptroller, Musa Omale, on Wednesday handed over 1,198 cartons of pharmaceutical products containing 3027 unregistered drugs of various categories to the National Agency for Food and Drug Control (NAFDAC). Addressing newsmen before presenting the consignments to...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday sealed two drug shops and a pharmacy at Idumota and Surulere areas of Lagos for selling unregistered and control drugs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two shops sealed at Idumota are...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians about some counterfeit Meronem 1g Injection being purchased in Nigeria. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this in a public alert No. 036/2023 issued on Tuesday...
The Police Command in Kano on Saturday said it confiscated 820 cartons of suspected fake and expired drugs at Malam Kato Market in Fage Local Government Area of the state. In a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, in Kano, the drugs were recovered from...
The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC), has certified the use of GLUCOZIL for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that GLUCOZIL, a herbal drug, is produced by Edo Government-owned Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma. NAFDAC’s approval of the drug...
The Ogun Government says it has begin a public sensitisation on the risk of consuming locally-brewed alcoholic drinks and other products not approved by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr Tomi Coker, made this known in...
Some experts have said that Nigerian economy will witness positive turnaround with support from government and investors for Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). They stated this at a news conference held at Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Ibadan on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday in Abuja raided hawkers of unwholesome drugs at the Nyanya/Mararaba axis of Abuja. Addressing newsmen after the exercise, the team leader of the operation, Mr Umar Suleiman, said the operation followed an earlier surveillance carried out...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says its scientific analysis of Semovita content did not reveal any plastic material in it. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja on...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has alerted the public on the distribution and sale of unregistered and expired G-Man organic energy drink. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of NAFDAC, made this known while briefing journalists on Thursday in Lagos. She said that some...
The Federal Government has exempted Boards of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) from the recent directive on dissolution of governing boards of certain categories of government institutions. Mr Willie Bassey, Director Information, Office of the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday sealed a shop in Zuba, an outskirt of FCT, for allegedly selling unapproved aphrodisiacs to Nigerians. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the aphrodisiacs are: garin yansun, sabon mai-siket, ruwan jaraba, tunkude,...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arraigned two Anambra-based businessmen before the Federal High Court, Awka for alleged sale and distribution of fake and unregistered pharmaceutical products. The two suspects, Emmanuel Ejidike (49) of Tommaj Investment Limited and Anayo Okoye (42) of No....
The National Agency for Food,Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday sealed a facility of imported contraband tomato paste distribution warehouse in Rivers. Mr Adeniran Kazeem,the NAFDAC Assistant Chief Regulatory Officer, Apapa Lagos, made this known to newsmen in Port Harcourt. Kazeem said this after the arrest of Mr...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), has expressed concern over the revelation of the alleged presence of a carcinogenic compound (Ethylyne Oxide) in Indomie Instant Noodles ‘Special Chicken Flavour’. , The Director General/CEO of NICRAT, Prof. Usman Malami Aliyu, in a...