Posts tagged as: NAFDAC

WHO, NAFDAC Raise Alarm As Fake Coronavirus Drugs Flood Nigerian Market

LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the world anxiously await a cure for COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday raised the alarm over the rising number of adulterated medical products in the markets. They specifically mentioned Chloroquine as one of such products […]

COVID-19: Nigeria Insists On Continuing With Hydroxychloroquine Trial Despite WHO Suspension

LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely 24 hours after the World Health Organisation (WHO) suspended all clinical trials for hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said the trial will continue in Nigeria. The Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known during an […]

Face Masks Made Of Clothes Don’t Prevent Disease- NAFDAC Warns

LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said the use of non-medical face masks, which include self-made or commercial masks or face covers made of clothes, only reduce and not prevent spread of diseases. The agency in a statement  said face masks made with cotton materials […]

Founder Of NAGAF, Aniebonam Demands Immediate Return Of SON To Nigeria Ports

LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarder(NAGAFF) Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has demanded for the immediate come back of return of  Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to Nigerian  port in order to checkmate the influx of substandard and expired goods into the country. Dr. Aniebonam who made the call […]

NAFDAC Warns Nigerians Against Consumption Of Poisonous Fish

LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday cautioned the general public against consumption of Puffer Fish. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, gave the warning in a statement in Abuja. Adeyeye explained that the fish might contain the potent and deadly toxins tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin, […]

FG Orders Immediate Return Of NAFDAC To Nigerian Ports

LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the agency to return to the ports immediately. The order came less than three weeks after the NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, partly ascribed the drug abuse among youths to the unlawful importation of certain banned […]

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