Tag: NAFDAC

NAFDAC Seeks Death Penalty For Fake Drug Dealers

Ganiyu Amodu

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has proposed the death penalty for drug peddlers. The Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, made this call on Friday while speaking during Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. She argued that only strict penalties would deter drug peddlers, especially when their actions result in the deaths of children. “Somebody bought children’s medicine for about N13,000, while another person was selling it for around N3,000 in the same mall. “That raised an alarm. Guess what? When we tested the medicine in…

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Fake Anti-Malaria Drugs kill 267,000 Nigerians, Others In 1 Year

Aoko Benjamin

Falsified and substandard antibiotics kill additional 169,271 sub-sahara Africans   In Nigeria and other nations im sub-Saharan Africa, as many as 267,000 deaths per year are linked to falsified and substandard antimalarial medicines, a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report found. In addition, up to 169,271 are linked to falsified and substandard antibiotics used to treat severe pneumonia in children. Trafficking these products is also taking a direct economic toll on affected countries. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that caring for people who have used falsified…

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Nigeria raises Red Flag as Imported Substandard ‘Ponmo’ floods market

Precious Ibekwe

  How we arrested Two in Rivers with truckloads of stinking, adulterated ‘ponmo’ from Madagascar – Police Agency in charge of consumables in Nigeria, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has, again, warned Nigerians to exercise caution when buying animal hides, popularly known in the country as Ponmo. Ponmo a stable ‘protein’ for the poor is also consumed as one of the key soup ingredients by the rich. This came as the Rivers State government has handed two persons accompanying a truckload of these substandard animal…

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How flavoured drinks killed 3 in Nigeria’s Kano – NAFDAC

Dawood Rabiu

  Nigeria’s food administration agency declares additives or chemicals used to enhance the taste of foods and drinks could lead to preventable illnesses or death The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned Nigerians to desist from adding additives or chemicals to enhance the taste of foods and drinks, as they could lead to preventable illnesses or death. Director General of the Agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning on Sunday in Abuja, while confirming the three deaths recorded in Kano State in March was due to…

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Erection Drug Recalled by American Producer floods Nigerian market

Damilola Olonade

  American Pharmaceutical distributor, AvKare, is recalling its Sildenafil 100mg tablets and Trazodone 100mg tablets due to “product mix-up.” Sildenafil is the generic name for Viagra, which is a PDE-5 inhibitor used to treat erectile dysfunction. National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), which confirmed the presence of this “mix-up” product in Nigeria, added that “unintentional consumption of sildenafil may pose serious health risks to consumers with underlying medical issues.” NAFDAC said in a statement that it was informed of the development by the United States Food…

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