By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called on pharmaceutical manufacturers to make decisive investments that will enable the local production of human vaccines in Nigeria. Director General of the Agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, issued the call while war...
By Faith Obams, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced uncovering an illegal cosmetics manufacturing hub operating inside a Mammy Market within a military barracks in Lagos. Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Dr Martins Iluyomade, told journalists last Thursday that...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has congratulated the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for retaining the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Maturity Level 3 (ML3) status for the regulation of medicines and vaccines. According to the Presidency, the global health regulat...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized 16 containers of substandard and falsified products valued at N20.5 billion, imported through Onne Port, Port Harcourt. The consignment, delivered to the agency on Saturday by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter MANIPULATIVE CLAIMS circulating on social media have drawn a swift rejoinder from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), which has raised concerns over videos inciting traders at the Onitsha Bridge Head Market. The agency warned that such incitement may breach the...
By JKNewsMedia MISLEADING VIDEOS circulating online have prompted a public alert from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), over alleged incitement of traders at Onitsha Bridge Head Market, The agency cautioned that the actions of the social media influencer involved may violate provisions of the Cybercrim...
By Joke Kujenya TO CHOKE off the importation of substandard, counterfeit, and expired medicines into Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is tightening its regulatory net on pharmaceutical exports from China and India. The agency announced it is ramping up its Clean Report of Inspection and Analys...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE DIRECTOR-General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has called for urgent government protection of her life following multiple death threats against her and agency officials. She alerted that criminal networks involved in counterfei...
By Faith Saleh, JKNewsMedia Intern CALLS FOR stricter penalties on drug traffickers have intensified, with concerns growing over the devastating impact of fake and substandard medicines. The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has reiterated her stance on the n...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE MANUFACTURE of counterfeit wines and beverages in Nigeria has taken a significant hit with the sudden shutdown of Cemetery Market, Aba. Long regarded as the epicentre of Africa’s largest fake wine and beverage cartel, the market was sealed off in an unprecedented operation led by the Natio...
