Four traders at Ogbo Ogwu Bridge Head Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, have dragged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, the NAFDAC Zonal Director, South-East, Dr Martins Iluyomade and the Anambra State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to a Federal High Court sitting…
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has countered Peter Obi’s stance on the closure of the plumbing materials markets by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). As part of its fight against the proliferation of counterfeit drugs in Nigeria, NAFDAC recently shut down the entire Head Bridge Market in Onitsha…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has uncovered prohibited drugs hidden inside plumbing materials shops at the Onitsha Bridgehead Drug Market in Anambra state. The market was recently shut down by regulatory and security agencies due to alleged trading in illegal drugs. In a statement on X, the…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has made alarming discoveries in its ongoing enforcement operation at the Idumota open drug market in Lagos. The agency uncovered unregistered narcotics, counterfeit GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) medicines, and vaccines improperly stored, with some shockingly found in toilets. This was revealed in a statement shared on X…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in 2023, has condemned the complete shutdown of the entire Head Bridge Market, Onitsha, Anambra State, over illicit drugs. “The entire Head Bridge Market in Onitsha has been closed by regulatory and security agencies due to suspected trading in illegal drugs within one section of the market known…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has intensified its enforcement efforts against the sale of illicit and counterfeit pharmaceuticals, sealing over 3,000 shops within the Idumota Open Drug Market in Lagos in the first week of operations. This was made known in a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered and seized over 10 trucks, each carrying a 40-foot container, fully loaded with fake, expired, and falsified drugs at the Ogbo-Ogwu Bridge Head Market in Onitsha, Anambra State. The agency made the discovery during an ongoing enforcement exercise at the market. The operation,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the circulation of two batches of counterfeit cancer drug, Avastin 400mg/16ml. NAFDAC in the alert posted on its official X handle, said the affected batches, H0223B08 and H4239A70, were identified in Kano and Abuja. Calling for vigilance from the…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a massive counterfeit rice operation in Nasarawa State, leading to the seizure of 1,600 bags of fake rice worth an estimated ₦5 billion. “In a major operation, NAFDAC has shut down eight rice shops and a warehouse in Karu Local Government Area…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday sealed a factory and eight shops in Nasarawa State for packaging, selling and distributing counterfeit rice. The Investigation and Enforcement Taskforce of the agency, which swung into action following an intelligence report, noted that about N5bn worth of bags of counterfeit rice…