Tag: Fake Drugs
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…