The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians on the the sale and consumption of an unwholesome Mayonnaise brand called Whippy. A statement released by the agency on Monday, July 24, says following the receipt of a complaint by a consumer, it took random samples of the product…
NAFDAC Director of Human Resources Management Joseph Aina Accepts Resignation of Employee Under ICPC Investigation, Raises Suspicions. In a scandal rocking the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Director of Human Resources Management, Joseph Aina, has accepted the resignation of an employee who was under investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public over the circulation of a batch of unwholesome Sprite 50cl glass bottles circulating in Nigeria. A statement released by the agency says the product was discovered following a consumer complaint received and investigated by the post-marketing surveillance unit of…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, says it has uncovered a warehouse in Aba, Abia state where a certain brand of organic energy drink were being re-validated. Six suspected counterfeiters were arrested over the importation, distribution and sale of the unregistered and expired organic energy drinks in Delta and…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that importation of Indomie noodles to Nigeria has been banned following allegations of a cancer-causing chemical found in the noodles and non-registration of the agency. Truetells Nigeria reoorts that the Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan recently detected ethylene oxide, a compound…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Wednesday April 5 sealed two shops in Abuja for allegedly selling unregistered products to Nigerians. The shops are located in the Zuba Central motor park and Utako main market. It was gathered that some of the unregistered products said to be aphrodisiacs are:…
A national emergency has been declared in the country over the prevalence rate of bleaching among Nigerians by the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). According to the agency, the practice as revealed by data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has become a menace in the country as Nigeria ranks first…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has gotten a new acting Director-General. Truetells Nigeria learnt that Dr Monica Eimunjeze, has taken over as the Acting Director-General of the agency. Eimunjeze’s appointment is coming following the expiration of the tenure of Professor Mojisola Adeyeye as the DG of NAFDAC. The development was confirmed by…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians of a falsified Augmentin 625mg tablets in circulation within the country. Augumentin is an antibiotic medication used for the treatment of different types of bacterial infections. In a statement on Monday, the agency said the falsified antibiotic has the batch number 562626,…
Ex-NAFDAC Boss, Dora Akunyili’s Husband Assassinated. Truetells Nigeria reports that Chike Akunyili, husband to late former Information Minister and former director-general of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili, has been reportedly murdered by gunmen. This newspaper gathered that he was killed at Umuoji in Idemili North LGA…
