•NAFDAC operatives on duty The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has inaugurated the Rivers State Task Force on “Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods” in the state. A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, South-South Zone, Cyril Monye, described the inauguration as renewed effo...
An official of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Martins Iluyomade, said fake drugs have killed more Nigerians than Boko Haram. Iluyomade, NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, said this on Tuesday, following the agency’s five-day operation where over 10,000 cartons of unregistered tom...
The leadership of Ogbo-Ogwu Medicine Market, Onitsha, Anambra State, has firmly dismissed allegations that it is colluding with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to aid the sale of fake and expired drugs. Speaking to journalists at the market’s union hall, the Chairman of the Caretaker Transition Committ...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has made shocking discoveries during its ongoing enforcement operation at the Idumota open drug market in Lagos. In a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) yesterday, the agency revealed the seizure of unregistered narcotics, counterfeit GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) medicine...
•Counterfeit drugs destroyed The Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe, today, incinerated 1,087 kilograms of expired and substandard drugs as part of its commitment to upholding best practices in patient care and environmental safety. The exercise, carried out in the hospital’s incinerator, involved the destruction of 1,050 kilograms of routine dru...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered ₦300m worth of counterfeit medicines during a raid at Tyre Village in the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State. NAFDAC disclosed this in a statement and photos shared on X.com today. The statement partly read, “The operation led to the seizure of fake […]
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