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08-Sep-24	Illegal Production, Sale and Advertisement of Unregistered, Suspected Unwholesome Miracle Water and Other Brands of the Water, and Miracle Soap by Christ Mercy Land Delivery Ministries, Km 5 Effurun, Sapele Road, Delta State.
31-Aug-24	Emergency use authorization of the Mpox vaccine by NAFDAC: A crucial step in Nigeria's public health response
22-Aug-24	Press Briefing on WHO PQ of Swiss Pharma{Swipha}‘s Second Product Antimalarial: Sulfadoxine/Pyrimethanine Tablets {SP Combination}
29-Jun-24	NAFDAC Jubilates and Salutes Mr. President for the Bold Move to Ensure Drug and Health Security Through the Executive Order (EO)
19-Jun-24	Press Briefing on ban on Sachet Alcohol: Responding to Publications in the Punch and Vanguard Newspapers, as Well as Arise TV News and Social Media
07-Jun-24	Press Briefing on NAFDAC’S Regulation and Control of Sub-Standard Falsified Medicines:
02-Jun-24	NAFDAC Warns Nigerians Against use of Dichlorvos (SNIPER®) Chemical for Food Preservation, Says it can Cause Cancer, Death
06-May-24	High Cost Of Medicines: Federal Government Assures Nigerians Of Determination To Make Drugs Affordable
29-Apr-24	Press Release on the Guardian Online Publication “Nestle Adds Sugar to Infant Milk Sold in Poorer Countries”: NAFDAC’s Response
28-Feb-24	Relocation of Open Drug Marketers to Coordinated Wholesale Centre (CWC) in Kano: Fight Against Substandard and Falsified Medicines (SFS)
17-Feb-24	Urgent Call to Action: Manufacturers and Importers Urged to Cease Supplying Medicines in Open Market in Kano
22-Jan-24	NAFDAC Update on ''Mis-information on Nearly all Paracetamol Tablets in Nigeria are Possibly Under Dosed''
21-Dec-23	NAFDAC Rolls out Palliatives to Support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises for Economic Growth
18-Dec-23	NAFDAC Bursts Large Hauls of Fake Wines, Soft Drinks, and Consumables
18-Dec-23	2023 Year End Press Briefing
14-Dec-23	DG’s Remarks on the WHO Prequalification of NAFDAC’s Central Drug Control Laboratory (CDCL), Yaba
06-Nov-23	The Positive Impact of Global Fund and Other Partners on NAFDAC’s Regulatory System Strengthening
18-Oct-23	Approval by NAFDAC on use of Gardasil Vaccine as Single Dose in the Routine Immunization
17-Oct-23	Nigerian Exports: NAFDAC Met With UK Food Standard Agency (FSA)
12-Oct-23	Collaboration between NAFDAC and National Health Insurance Authority
19-Sep-23	Press Briefing On Reported Decline In Pharmaceutical Imports Into Nigeria
18-Sep-23	Illegal Importation, Sales and Distribution of Crusader Soaps Containing Mercury in Nigeria
18-Sep-23	Press Briefing: Re-NAFFDAC approves GLUCOZIL, AAU’s herbal medicine for diabetes
15-Sep-23	Press Briefing On Reported Decline In Pharmaceutical Imports Into Nigeria
15-Sep-23	Press Briefing on the Illegal Importation, Sales and Distribution of Crusader Soaps Containing Mercury in Nigeria
29-Aug-23	Press Briefing: Re-NAFFDAC approves GLUCOZIL, AAU's herbal medicine for diabetes
22-Jun-23	Press Release On The Presence Of Ethylene Oxide In Instant Noodles (And Seasoning) Sold In Nigeria
22-Jun-23	Investigation And Enforcement Directorate’s Addition To Dg’s Press Conference On Noodles Coming Up On 22/6/2023
19-Jun-23	The Arrest of Alhaji Salisu Sani ‘Aka’ Baban Aisha a Herbal Medicine Practitioner
09-May-23	Press Briefing by The Director General (NAFDAC) Professor Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye on Breakthrough: World Health Organization (WHO) Prequalification Approval Of Finished Pharmaceutical Product Manufactured By Swiss Pharma (SWIPHA) Nigeria Limited
02-May-23	Revised Press Release By Dg On The Ban, Phase-Out And Reclassification Of Pesticides
02-May-23	Press Release On Recall Of Indomie Instant Noodles In Malaysia And Taiwan
17-Apr-23	Press Briefing by Prof Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, Director-General National Agency for Food and Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC) on the Regulatory Approval of R21 Malaria Vaccine by NAFDAC
23-Jan-23	Press Briefing by Director General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, PhD, FAS on Joint International Destruction of 5X 40 Feet Containers 0f Unregistered Pharmaceuticals Including Tramadol 200mg and Higher Strength
30-Dec-22	Reappointment Of Director General Of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Christianah Adeyeye
24-Oct-22	Press Release On The Regulation And Control Of Pesticides In Nigeria
24-Oct-22	Press Release By Director General NAFDAC On The Presence Of Mercury In Vaccines Iin Nigeria
19-Aug-22	Press Release By The Director-General (NAFDAC) Professor Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye On The Illicit Use Of Herbal Intoxicant Popularly Called ‘Kurkura’ Gargle, Herbal Aphrodisiac, And Alcoholic Bitters In The Country
27-May-22	Unprofessional Act Of Unapproved Pictorial Representation And Change In Product Formulations
04-Apr-22	WHO Certifies NAFDAC as ML3 Regulatory Authority
20-Feb-22	NAFDAC Impounds 120 Tons Of Dangerous Imported ‘’Ponmo’’, Nabs Seven Merchants Of Chemical-Laden Hides & Skins
30-Nov-21	Address By Director General Of NAFDAC, Prof Moji Christianah On Her 4th Year Anniversary In Office On Tuesday, 30th November, 2021 In Abuja
28-Nov-21	NAFDAC Celebrates 2021 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW); Theme – Spread Awareness Stop Resistance
19-Nov-21	Press Release on Evacuation Carried Out at ASPAMDA, Trade Fair Complex, Lagos
04-Aug-21	DG's Flag-off of the Agency's Sensitization Campaigns
15-Jul-21	NAFDAC Recommends The Following Vaccines For Emergency Use Authorization
17-May-21	Recommendation For Emergency Use Authorization Of Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) Covid-19 Vaccine
20-Mar-21	Covishield Vaccine Is Astrazeneca/Oxford University Vaccine
18-Feb-21	NAFDAC Approves ASTRAZENECA/OXFORD COVID-19 (COVISHIELD) VACCINE
15-Jan-21	Safety Of Covid Vaccines: What Nafdac Wants The Public To Know
06-Nov-20	Brief By Professor Mojisola Christiana Adeyeye At The Launching Of The Nigeria Pharmaceutical Traceability Strategy And Inauguration Of The Steering Committee For The Implementation Of The Traceability Strategy
25-Oct-20	NAFDAC Blacklists Mars Remedies, India For Manufacturing Falsified Medicines, Delists Pinnacle Nigeria Ciprofloxacin 500mg
15-May-20	Launch Of Palliatives For MSMEs: Job Creation By Professor Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye Director General NAFDAC, At NAFDAC Head Office Lagos
14-May-20	NAFDAC’s Position On Local Claims For Covid-19 Remedies
29-Apr-20	Semovita Does Not Contain Plastic Materials
27-Apr-20	Covid-19 Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs) - Masks And Protective Clothing
09-Apr-20	NAFDAC Grants Conditional Emergency Use Approval of Medical Devices (COVID-19 Antibody and Antigen Test Kits, PPEs, etc.) Companies
30-Mar-20	Director General Of NAFDAC Orders Manufacturing of Chloroquine for Emergency Stock for Possible Clinical Trial Treatment of Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
06-Mar-20	Sustainable Development and Growth for the Millennial Entrepreneur: the Role of Regulatory Agencies
17-Feb-20	NAFDAC Hosts African Medicine Quality Forum
21-Jan-20	Press Release on Ohanaeze Youths Petition Over Jerome Nwome’s Death
28-Nov-19	Re-Validation Of Expiry Dates Of Rice And Re-Packaging Of Local Rice As Foreign Rice
11-Nov-19	Curbing Substandard, Falsified (SFS) And Counterfeit Medicines
26-Jul-19	Watch Out For The Ponmo You Buy: NAFDAC Alert On The Unwholesome Practice Of Selling Animal Hides And Skin As Food
20-Jul-19	Attack On NAFDAC Officers At Plumbing Material Market At Head Bridge Onitsha
15-Jul-19	NAFDAC Bans The Use Of Methyl Bromide As Fumigant In Nigeria
12-Jul-19	NAFDAC Responds To The Abuse And Misuse Of Sniper (100 Ml) Pack Size And Other Brands Of Agricultural Formulations Of Dichlorvos Products
09-Jul-19	Update On The Two Lots Of Eva Water
06-Jul-19	Media Reports Relating To The Use Of Avastin Injection Response Of National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC)
06-Jun-19	NAFDAC Clamped Down On Unregistered Honey Packaged Under Poor Hygiene
25-Apr-19	Response Of NAFDAC To Publication In Vanguard Newspaper Alleging That 70% Of All Medicines In Nigeria Are Fake Grossly Inaccurate Statement And Fake Allusions
04-Apr-19	Fanyogo “Gin And Ginger” Is Not Registered And Will Not Be Registered By NAFDAC
06-Mar-19	Welcome Address by Prof. Christianah Mojisola Adeyeye at The Launch of The 2018 Annual Report Of The International Narcotics Control Board And Precursors Report 2018
20-Feb-19	Ban Of The Use Of Methyl Bromide As A Fumigant For Control Of Pests In Crops
10-Jan-19	Interception Of A Trailer Transporting Unregistered Pharmaceutical Products
18-Dec-18	Reflection: NAFDAC’s Return To The Ports And Interception Of Containers Of Unregistered And Illicit Pharmaceutical Products
23-Nov-18	Public Alert No. 0037/2018 - Recall Of Amlodipine 5mg And 10mg Tablets Manufactured By Ecomed Pharma Ltd Due To False Labelling
17-Nov-18	Press Release On Containers Suspected To Carry Tramadol And Other Unregistered Pharmaceutical Products
10-Nov-18	Public Alert On Use Of Agrochemicals Such As Sniper For Storage & Preservation Of Agricultural Commodities
22-Sep-18	Keynote Address By Professor Mojisola Christiana Adeyeye Director General (NAFDAC) At Stakeholders Meeting with Chemicals, Cosmetics and Pesticides Group
21-Sep-18	NAFDAC Busts A Transit Warehouse Stacked With Tramadol And Controlled Drugs
03-Sep-18	Keynote Address By Professor Mojisola Christiana Adeyeye Director General (NAFDAC) At Stakeholders Meeting
29-Aug-18	Nigeria-China Partnership In Local Manufacturing Of Pharmaceutical Products And Medical Devices: Regulatory Perspectives By Professor Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye Director General (NAFDAC) l Event Of China-Made Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient And Pharmaceuticals Products Of China Chamber Of Commerce For Import And Export Of Medicines And Health Products (CCCMHPIE)
28-Aug-18	Ethics And Intellectual Property (Patents) By Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye The Director General National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC) At The Annual Research Fair University Of Lagos
18-Aug-18	NAFDAC Destroys Drugs And Other Unwholesome Products Worth Four Hundred And Sixty Four Million Naira Only At Gombe
25-Jul-18	Press Release On Antimicrobial Resistance
06-Jul-18	NAFDAC Responds To The House Of Representatives’ Urge To Enforce Mobile Authentication Scheme (Mas) On Drug Products To Reduce Counterfeiting
27-Jun-18	The Problem Of Drugs/Substance Abuse In Nigeria: A Symposium By Professor Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye Director General, NAFDAC At The University Of Benin, Benin City
27-Jun-18	Drug Abuse Awareness Day
23-Jun-18	Science And Science Policy For National Development
23-Jun-18	Imperatives For National Drug Security
22-Jun-18	NAFDAC Enlist The Support Of Religious Leaders And Clerics To Curb The Menace Of Drug Abuse And Misuse In The North West And North East Geo–Political Zones
22-Jun-18	NAFDAC Is Back At The Seaports And Borders
12-Jun-18	Codeine Syrup Crisis: NAFDAC Lifts Shutdown Of Companies Implicated In Codeine Syrup Distribution And Issued Sanctions
07-Jun-18	Codeine Syrup Crisis: NAFDAC Shuts Down Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited, Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited Both In Ilorin, And Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Ltd, Lagos

Content Current as of September 8, 2024

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