The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has challenged the claim in media reports that it failed to regulate and control the use of pesticides in the country. The reports therefore advocated that the Federal Government set up a new agency to take up those functions. But, in a statement on Tuesday, NAFDAC’s Director General, Prof …

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will not rest on its oars until it attains the World Health Organisation (WHO) Maturity Level Four certification, which will place pharmaceutical products manufactured in Nigeria in a better pedestal to compete favourably in the global market. At the official commissioning of NAFDAC state office Ilorin, Kwara State on …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has disclosed that it seized tramadol worth over N1.1 trillion from entering the country following intelligence gathered by the agency. NAFDAC also announced that about N1.3 million worth of falsified, banned and counterfeited products were seized during its recent raid. In Abuja on Tuesday, the agency’s Director-General, Prof Mojisola …

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 The Gambia following the use of four substandard cough syrups, as reported by World Health Organisation (WHO) last month. The four products are Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and …

The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Professor Adetokunbo Fabamwo has been inducted into the prestigious Nigerian Academy of Medicine. The high-profile event took place on Thursday at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja. The Nigerian Academy of Medicine is an independent, national resource of excellence and expertise in medical sciences and healthcare. Membership is open …

… commiserates with family State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has stated that the circumstances surrounding the death of a three-year-old boy at a public hospital are being investigated. The report on the situation blamed it on negligence and misconduct by the hospital. Abayomi’s statement reads: “The attention of Lagos State Ministry of Health has been drawn to a …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians to desist from using unauthorised cosmetics and dangerous chemicals for bleaching of the skin to enhance their beauty. At the two-day retreat by the agency’s Top Management Committee in Lagos over the weekend, the Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye expressed shock in the proliferation of unauthorised …

A Senior Physiotherapist at the General Hospital, Ijede, Lagos State, Mrs Abimbola Ladi-Okeneye has described osteoarthritis as an acute or chronic inflammation that may affect any moveable joints in the body. At an event by the hospital to commemorate this year’s World Physical Therapy Day, Ladi-Okeneye explained that osteoarthritis is the most common and degenerative joint disease in the form …

More than 60 million Nigerians are suffering from mental illnesses, according to the President of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, Prof. Taiwo Obindo. Obindo, who is also Chairman, Faculty of Psychiatry at the West African College of Physicians (Nigeria Chapter), said to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja: “Mental healthcare is in a sorry state given that …

The United Kingdom government has identified a different strain of monkeypox infection in an individual who recently travelled to West Africa. The latest development was reported on the official website of the UK government on Thursday, noting that the “preliminary genomic sequencing conducted by UKHSA (UK Health Security Agency) indicates that this case does not have the current outbreak strain circulating …