The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has described the high prevalence of drug abuse among youths in Nigeria as a threat to the society. Mr Babatunde Yusuf, the NAFDAC Coordinator in Osun, made this known at a stakeholders’ meeting on Youths Against Drug Abuse (YADA) on Tuesday in Osogbo. Reports […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has seized a large catchment of assorted unregistered pharmaceutical products including banned Codeine containing cough syrup. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, who disclosed this in Lagos, said the seizure was effected after a six-hour surveillance by operatives of Investigation and Enforcement […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) operatives raided a Lagos warehouse and seized controlled drugs, such as Tramadol, valued at N105.6 million. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. She explained that NAFDAC carried out substantive surveillance on nefarious activities […]
Read More In the bid to completely shut the doors of the nation’s port against unscrupulous importers of Tramadol and other restricted drugs into the country, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has stepped up its offensive against the unauthorized importation, distribution, sales and use of this category of medicines, as the Service has resorted to also picking […]
Read More The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged the Federal Government to establish a national institute for the promotion of herbal medicine. Its Director-General, Prof Moji Adeyeye, made the call in an interview with a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He explained that traditional medicine […]
Read More The Federal Ministry of Health has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to ban with immediate effect further issuance of permits for the importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations. The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole made this known in his office in Abuja. He […]
Read More The Director, Special Duties, National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Dr. Abubakar Jimoh, has identified security, economic transformation and manpower development as critical elements for national growth and development. Speaking to reporters ahead of the launch of The Presidential Diary magazine to project the Change Mantra of President Muhammadu Buhari, he […]
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The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Saturday said the Federal Government was determined to stop the sale of drugs in open markets in the country at the end of 2018. Adewole made this known when he visited the site for the construction of a Pharmaceutical Coordinated Wholesale Centre at Oba, near Onitsha in […]
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The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the Bank of Industry (BoI), among other agencies, have been declared as key to the effective implementation of the Executive Order on the Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria. The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, […]
Read More The European Union has denied reports that it rejected 24 Nigerian products. A report credited to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control two weeks ago had indicated that the EU rejected 24 Nigerian exported food products in 2016 for failing to meet the required standards. The union said that contrary to […]
Read More The National Agency for Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says European Union (EU) rejected 24 exported food products from Nigeria in 2016 for failing to meet standards. The NAFDAC spokesperson, Dr Abubakar Jimoh made the disclosure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. According to Jimoh, the […]
Read More The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has waived 50 per cent on registration fee for locally manufactured products to promote Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). The NAFDAC spokesperson, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday that the measure would go a […]
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