National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)

Total Ban on Sachet Alcohol: NAFDAC Sets December 2025 Deadline

By Maryanne Awuya The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reaffirmed its readiness to enforce a total ban...

Beyond Regulation: NAFDAC DG Highlights Agency’s Life-Saving Mission

By Maryanne Awuya Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of NAFDAC, has advocated that ensuring safe access to mental healthcare in Nigeria starts with...

Unregistered Products: NAFDAC Seals Chinese Supermarkets, Others in Abuja

By Maryanne Awuya, Abuja The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed two Chinese supermarkets and eight cosmetics...

NAFDAC Busts Footballer Over Fake Chemicals Manufacturing

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested a local footballer, Ikechukwu Elijah, in the Apo-Waru area of...

NAFDAC Seizes N110m Fake Drugs, Nabs 15 Suspects in Ongoing Crackdown

By Maryanne Awuya In a major crackdown, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested over 15 people...

NAFDAC alerts public to fake milk products

By Maryanne Awuya, Abuja The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert about counterfeit Cowbell...

NAFDAC Retains WHO Maturity Level 3 Status, Tinubu Applauds Adeyeye

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on retaining the World Health Organisation’s (WHO)...

Exclusive: Scientists Set the Record Straight: GMOs Not Linked to Cancer, Infertility

…adhering to safety standards key to safe GMO foods – NAFDAC DG Divergent views have continued to trail consumption of Genetically Modified Organism...

NAFDAC Confiscates N1.5bln Banned, Expired Products in Lagos Market Raid

By Maryanne Awuya The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has confiscated banned, expired, and unregistered products...

No Approval for Smoking-Promoting Herbal Tea, NAFDAC Warns Public

By Maryanne Awuya The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has debunked a misleading video circulating on social media,...

NAFDAC cracks down on fake drug and eye drop ring in Rivers 

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, dismantled a fake drug...

NAFDAC incinerates N1trn counterfeit medicines, other products in Anambra

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has dealt a significant blow to the proliferation of fake and counterfeit drugs...

NAFDAC cracks down on syndicate using forged documents to scam foreign companies

In a major successful operation, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has busted a notorious syndicate...

NAFDAC DG Speaks Out Against Death Threats Amid Crackdown on Fake Drugs

NAFDAC Director-General Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has sounded the alarm over threats to her life and the safety of her staff, urging authorities to...

NAFDAC cracks down on counterfeit medicines, seizes fake drugs in Anambra market

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has launched a massive operation at Onitsha’s Ogbo-Ogu Market in Anambra State, seizing...

NAFDAC DG advocates death penalty for drug traffickers to curb menace of fake medicines

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advocated death penalty for people convicted of trafficking in counterfeit and...