The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert regarding the illegal sale and distribution of an unregistered brand of condoms, Foula Condoms, in Nigeria. According to the statement issued on Friday, the…
NAFDAC workers down tools over lopsided promotion, welfare
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) have begun an indefinite strike over failure of the management to…
NAFDAC seizes 3 petrol tankers for transporting edible oil in Lagos
Three petrol tankers conveying edible crude soy oil have been seized by officials of the National Agency for Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in the Apapa area of Lagos. NAFDAC disclosed this in a statement posted on its official X…
NAFDAC seals 100 shops, arrests 4 in Enugu market
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control has sealed about 100 shops in Ogbete Main Market, Enugu, Enugu State for alleged dealing in suspected fake alcoholic beverages. The agency also confiscated a truckload of adulterated products as well…
Sachet alcoholic drinks spike mental illness, enforce ban, psychiatrists tell Reps
Mental health experts have urged the House of Representatives to maintain the ban on sachet and small bottled alcoholic drinks, stressing that studies show that high intake is linked to mental health problems, particularly among young people. The psychiatrists stressed…
Court jails fake LASTMA officer, Man arraigned for stealing tricycle and more
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Court sends fake LASTMA officer to jail (Vanguard) The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Mobile)…
That video of Dr. Chike Akunyili’s last moments is the height of our depravity
I had the misfortune of opening a video I now wish I can unsee; the video will haunt me for a long time to come. Already I’ve had nightmares and I haven’t stopped cursing the person who sent it to…
NAFDAC suspends new tariffs on pharmaceutical products, others (Punch)
The Governing Council of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, said it has suspended the implementation of the new tariffs which came into effect on 1st June 2019. The move, NAFDAC said is to douse tension and…
NAFDAC warns against use of Losartan potassium tablet (Vanguard)
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians of the recall of Losartan potassium tablet by its manufacturers. A statement by Prof. Moji Adeyeye, NAFDAC’s Director General, on Thursday revealed that the tablet, manufactured…
Dora Akunyili and her friend, the bus conductor -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is almost impossible to write about Professor Dora Nkem Akunyili in the past tense. She’s arguably the most celebrated Nigerian public servant of the modern times. Plaques in her honour ardon walls from Abuja to Lagos and Agulu, her…