NAFDAC – City Business News

July 23, 2026 No Responses

NAFDAC Begins Crackdown On Banned Sachet Alcoholic Drinks

By ebosele@hotmail.com – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced a nationwide enforcement operation to remove alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml from circulation, in line with the Federal Government’s...

February 22, 2026 No Responses

Oyo/Osun Customs Boosts Intelligence Sharing With DSS, NDLEA, NAFDAC

The Ag. Customs Area Controller, Oyo/Osun Area Command, DC Moses Adewole, has reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening inter-agency cooperation through a series of courtesy visits to key security and regulatory agencies in Oyo State.A statement explained tha...

December 5, 2025 No Responses

NAFDAC Attains Full ICH Membership

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has announced a landmark achievement for Nigeria: the country has secured full membership in the International Cou...

November 2, 2025 No Responses

Customs Strengthens Inter-Agency Collaboration With Police, NAFDAC

The Customs Area Controller, Ibeto Seaport and Terminal Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller of Customs Usman Yahaya, has intensified efforts to strengthen inter-agency collaboration aimed at enhancing maritime security, trade facilitation...

September 12, 2025 No Responses

NAFDAC Impounds N1.2b Fake Malaria drugs

THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized 277 cartoons of fake and unregistered Malamal Fort malaria drugs worth over 1.2 billion in Lagos.NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Dr Martins Iluyomade, wh...

August 26, 2025 No Responses

Customs Hands Over Seized Expired Pharmaceutical Products To NAFDAC

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A (FOU A) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over various expired pharmaceutical products to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)Comptroller of the unit, Mohammed Shuaibu expla...

March 26, 2025 No Responses

Federal Character: Senate Probes NNPC, NAFDAC, NUPRC, Others

The Senate has directed its Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs to conduct a thorough investigation hearing into all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to determine their level of compliance with Sections 14(3) and 14(4) of ...

March 10, 2025 No Responses

NAFDAC Destroys N100b Counterfeit Drugs

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed counterfeit drugs worth N100billion at the Moniya dump site in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State. According to NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, th...

December 22, 2024 No Responses

NAFDAC, Food Manufacturers Harp On Food Safety Culture, Quality

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and members of the Association of Food Beverages and Tobacco Employers (AFBTE) have agreed to collaborate further to ensure that a food safety culture is entrenched in Nigeria.The decisi...

October 8, 2024 No Responses

NAFDAC Workers Begin Indefinite Strike

The Senior Staff Association Of Statutory Corporations And Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has begun an indefinite strike over the fail...

September 18, 2024 No Responses

NAFDAC Shuts Down Cosmetics Factory

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down an illegal factory producing counterfeit cosmetic products at Benue Plaza, Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State. In a post on its X handle on Tuesday, NAFDAC...

September 1, 2024 No Responses

NAFDAC Harps On Exclusive Breastfeeding

The Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has urged nursing mothers to champion optimal breastfeeding of their children with a view to improving the health status of their newborns and l...

August 23, 2024 No Responses

NAFDAC Impounds Petrol Tankers For ‘Transporting Vegetable Oil’

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized three petrol tankers used to convey edible vegetable oil in Lagos State. In a post on X on Wednesday, the agency said the oil had reportedly been...