President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Adeyeye’s renewed term of five years took effect from 1st December. Upon the expiration of Adeyeye’s first tenure on 3rd November, the agency’s Director of Registration and Regulation Affairs, Dr Monica Eimunjeze served as the acting Director-General. …

The Director General of the National Agency for Food Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye has said that Nigerian pharmaceutical companies must be ready to trade quality products approvable in the different countries through continental reliance among regulators. Adeyeye said this has become imperative as a result of the African Free Trade Agreement (AfcFTA) that allows free trade among …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against eating varieties of gummies produced by United States’ Mars Wrigley Confectionery as a result of the possible presence of a very thin metal strand lodged in them. The health agency said that the identified products are already recalled and are, therefore, not safe for human …

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has apprehended a 32-year-old businessman, Obinna Igbo, for alleged importation and the sale of fake Amanta Forte, an unregistered anti-malarial drug. The suspect has been arraigned before a Federal High Court on four counts of unlawful importation, possession, sale, and distribution of fake Amanta Forte soft gel (Artemether …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denounced the claims of efficacy of IHP Detox tea for the cure of COVID-19 patients, which was purportedly made by the Chief Executive Officer of Bioresources Development and Conservative Programme, Prof. Maurice Iwu. In a statement by its Resident Media Consultant, Mr Sayo Akintola, in Abuja on Sunday, …

Medical products manufactured in Nigeria will, in no time, become acceptable and usable worldwide with immense opportunities for the for both orthodox and traditional practitioners, the National Agency for Food, Drugs and Administration Control (NAFDAC) has assured. According to the agency’s Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Nigeria is not just celebrating its recent classification as Maturity Level 3 (ML3) Regulatory …