Tag: National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control

Ms Akunyili said she is confident that Hudson County will benefit in a great way from her leadership.

A statement issued by the agency on Friday indicates that the president approved Adeyeye for a second tenure of five ...

Mrs Adeyeye, a professor, who was appointed in 2017, ended her renewable first term of office on 2 November.

NAFDAC stated that the affected product was distributed nationwide in the United States of America where consumers purchased the product ...

The PSN president said any nation without food and medicine security will be in trouble.

The governors said the orders were issued by “our people in Diaspora”.

Emmanuel was arrested for tweeting that he would "pay a Russian sniper to eliminate Buhari and Kyari",

A WHO official says none of the candidate vaccines in advanced clinical trials demonstrated "a clear signal of efficacy".

Last month, Russia registered the first COVID-19 vaccine becoming the first nation in the world to lay claim to such ...

Mrs Adeyeye pointed out that the level of patulin content in the affected fruit juice can induce liver, spleen and ...

In Nigeria, over 22 million people are infected with hepatitis B and over 4 million with hepatitis C.

There were early controversies surrounding the use of chloroquine as a treatment option for COVID-19.

Suspected bandits on Tuesday killed two health workers supervising a polio vaccination exercise in Zamfara State.

The NAFDAC boss explains how she hopes to achieve this.

The drug shops were sealed over non-compliance with regulatory provisions.

An official says the decision became necessary following the agitations against the new tariffs.

This is coming days after NAFDAC said it may direct a change in the packaging of the agro-chemical to discourage ...

Many Nigerians who committed suicide used sniper.

NAFDAC has also heightened surveillance to prevent distribution and sale of the fake vaccine.

The drug is banned over fears of contamination.

The items were imported from China, an official says.

NAFDAC officers were ejected from the ports in 2011 by the Nigerian Ports Authority.

NAFDAC says it is investigating some pharmaceutical companies.

The agency says ripening fruits and vegetables with calcium carbide is a criminal offence.

The NAFDAC chief also speaks on the harmful effects of the drugs.