VeryDarkBlackMan (VDM) has exposed Onitsha’s Ogbo-Ogu market over NAFDAC’s demand for a N700,000 reopening fee for each shop. The agency shut down the market on February 8, 2025, citing the sale of fake drugs. According to reports, over 1,000 shop owners have paid the fee, while others struggle to afford it. Critics argue that … Read more
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced that the medicine market at Bridgehead, Onitsha, was reopened on March 7, following a shutdown for comprehensive sanitisation. Dr Martins Iluyomade, the NAFDAC Director for the Southeast, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. … Read more
OFFICIALS from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have confiscated significant amounts of counterfeit rice during a recent operation in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. NAFDAC announced this development in a statement that included photos and videos shared via its official social media pages on Thursday. The statement highlighted that NAFDAC, … Read more
● IPOB Lawyer demands probe by security operatives Onitsha-based trader has been hospitalised following the reported looting of her medicine store by officials of the National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The alleged looting, as contained in a viral video footage, has attracted wild condemnation. Consequently, a lawyer and human rights … Read more
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), on Wednesday, urged health sector stakeholders in the South-South region to join the fight against substandard and falsified (SF) medical products in Nigeria. The Director General (DG) of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made the remark at a two-day sensitisation workshop organised by the Agency … Read more
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has launched a new app to identify fake drugs. The agency urged Nigerians to key into the fight against the circulation of counterfeit and fake medical products. The agency stated that this could be achieved through the use of its latest verification app, … Read more
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, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in Abuja on … Read more
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State has advocated for indigenous manufacturing and branding to promote made in Abia products and boost indigenous manufacturers. Otti expressed his administration’s broader vision of economic revitalisation through local enterprise development, infrastructural growth, and inclusive governance. The governor said this on Saturday while presenting 24 Roxette Trucks, assembled in the … Read more
THE Anambra House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to speedily reopen the Onitsha drug market which has been shutdown since Feb. 9. The lawmakers who passed the resolution during plenary on Tuesday said the closure of the drug Market had put … Read more
Today, the @DGatNAFDAC Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, visited the agency’s Enforcement Office in Apapa, Lagos, to inspect illicit pharmaceuticals confiscated from the Idumota Open Drug Market. The NAFDAC warehouse was filled, with some seized drugs even stored in the Director’s office. Addressing journalists after the tour, Prof. Adeyeye emphasised, —We are not disturbing trade; we are … Read more