By Olawale Afolabi The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is notifying Healthcare providers and the public of the death of 66 children in Gambia following the use of four substandard cough syrups as reported by…
The Edo State Government has banned the sale and usage of four syrups that are being investigated by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The medicines have been linked to kidney injury and death of over 66 children in The Gambia.…
By Seun Ibiyemi The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified Healthcare providers and the public of the death of 66 children in Gambia following the use of four substandard cough syrups as reported by…
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to substandard cough syrups circulating in The Gambia, calling for vigilance. The alert, with No. 040/2022, signed by NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, was made available to…
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has warned Nigerians to desist from using unauthorized cosmetics and dangerous chemicals for bleaching of the skin to enhance their beauty. The Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye gave the admonition…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raised the alarm over the rapid emergence of a dangerous new psychoactive substance (NPS) known as Akuskura. The drug is made of herbs laced with tobacco, cannabis and rapidly replacing controlled substances,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has begun nationwide crackdown on producers of unapproved sex enhancing drugs in the country. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known at a…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert on the decision of a U.S. company, Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC, to recall some of its confectionary products. NAFDAC gave the notification in…
Workers at the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Monday, suspended their six-week-old strike. The workers are members of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN). The Vice-Chairman of the union, Idzi Isua,…
By Bisi Adewumi The Director General, National Agency for Food Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has told Nigerian pharmaceutical companies to be ready to trade their products across the continent with quality products that can be approved in…
