Tag: Fake Drugs
NAFDAC busts secret warehouses in Lagos, seizes 10m doses of fake drugs
The agency confirmed that more than 10 million doses of fake drugs, including critical emergency medicines, were intercepted during the…
NAFDAC destroys N15bn fake, expired drugs in Ibadan
Some of the destroyed items, NAFDAC, said, were seized during recent nationwide raids targeting black-market drug sellers, counterfeiters, and unlicensed…
Bayelsa Govt. raises alarm over influx of fake products in markets
The Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mrs Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, described the situation as a “serious emergency” requiring urgent attention…
NAFDAC destroys fake drugs worth ₦100trn
By Chimezie Anaso Fake, substandard, and falsified drugs worth over N1 trillion seized during a recent operation by National Agency…
NAFDAC wipes out N4.7bn worth of fake, expired products in massive crackdown
The destroyed items included substandard and falsified medical products, unwholesome processed food and food additives, unsafe cosmetics, and expired NAFDAC-regulated…
Pharmacists call for end to drug smuggling
The Association also appealed to the Sate Governor, Umo Eno, to re-activate and fund the state Counterfeit and Fake Drug…
Customs Seizes N1.7bn fake drugs
He also expressed his gratitude to the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, for his magnanimity and support to the command,…
Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year – UNODC
In sub-Saharan Africa, as many as 267,000 deaths per year are linked to falsified and substandard antimalarial medicines, the transnational…
Imported substandard, fake drugs killing Nigerians – Experts
Another pharmacist, Mrs Kehinde Olawale, also stressed the need for regulatory agencies to intensify efforts at clamping down on fake…
Adebayo Ismail arraigned for fake drugs
The fake drugs manufactured and found in possession of the defendant included VIP Linctus Cough Syrup with Codeine and New…
Kano confiscates N2m fake antimalarial drugs
Kano State Ministry of Health’s Task Force Committee on Fake Drugs, has confiscated suspected fake antimalaria drugs worth over N2…
Fake drugs: NAFDAC seals 20 medicine stores in Borno
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Sunday, said it sealed 20 shops and confiscated drugs…
NAFDAC Opens Up On Fake Drugs
Lanre Babalola The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denied reports that 70 percent of…
NAFDAC arrest suspected fake drugs manufacturers
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has arrested one Chidiogo Okeke in Odekpe…
Akeredolu charges pharmacists to help tackle fake drugs
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has urged Nigerian pharmacists to tackle the menace of fake drugs in the country.
Counterfeit drugs: Reps task NAFDAC, SON, CPC on MAS enforcement
House of Representatives has urged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to ensure that the…
Philippines’ Duterte targets fake over-the-counter medicines
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines has opened a new front in his war on drugs, targeting fake over-the-counter medicines to…
Businessman nabbed for importation of fake drugs
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Wednesday, charged a businessman, Ezeanwu Ifeanyi, before a…
Police intercept N15m fake drugs in Zaria
The Kaduna State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the interception of fake drugs worth over N15 million in Zaria. The…
NAFDAC refutes report of 70% fake drugs in Nigerian markets
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denied reports that 70 per cent of drugs…
2 fake drugs dealers remanded in prison
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has dragged two persons before a Federal High Court…
The commodification of human lives and the death of altruism
By Adebayo Lamikanra At the end of August 1984, I travelled out of Nigeria to attend a one year fellowship…
NAFDAC confiscate drugs worth N4m
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Jigawa on Sunday said that it confiscated fake…
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How Fake And Substandard Drugs Get To Nigeria
Last year, Duke University Press published “Speculative Markets: Drug Circuits and Derivative Life in Nigeria” by Kristin Peterson, who teaches…
‘FG, State Govts Must Join Forces To Eradicate Fake Drugs’
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr. Linus Awute, has said that state governments have a vital…
I Almost Lost My Life To Fake Drugs
Renowned flutist and Chairman, Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, ACC, Tee Mac Omatsola Itseli, has disclosed that he almost died last year after…
Kano Destroyed N3bn Fake Drugs In Past One Year —Official
The Kano State Government said on Thursday it had destroyed fake and adulterated drugs worth over N3 billion in the…
N400m fake drugs destroyed
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday in Makurdi, destroyed substandard, fake and adulterated…
Lagos Shuts 30 Illegal Medicine Outlets
The Lagos State Government has shut down 30 illegal patent medicine outlets in Lekki area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Officials…
NAFDAC Arrests Leader Of Drug Syndicate
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday said it has arrested a suspected leader of…