Tag Archives: NAFDAC

The Nigeria Customs Service, Port Harcourt Area II Command Onne Port has collected a total of ₦54,129,704,653.73 between January and June 2019 with seizures worth N443, 304,711 in the last six months.

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The Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), on Saturday, said it had begun the withdrawal of the two batches of its 75 centilitre Eva table water produced between May 22 and 23, this year, following the detecting of a defect in the product.

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A report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that in 2017, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) impounded fake and substandard goods valued at N3 billion. The report posted on NBS official website yesterday, stated that last year, 6,999 applications were received for products registration. While products presented for registration approval were …

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The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control has said that its operatives intercepted and seized 33 containers of Tramadol which were being conveyed to a yet-to-be-ascertained location in the country. The NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Christiana Adeyeye, disclosed this in Abuja while speaking at the National Chemical Security Training Conference. She also noted that operatives also seized three trucks …

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The Federal Road Safety Corps is to partner the Standards Organisation of Nigeria in Ondo State to get rid of fake and substandard tyres capable of causing road accidents. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Vincent Jack, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the State Coordinator of SON, Paul Oke, in Akure. “We are in a critical time …

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged Nigerians not to patronise consultants and middlemen for the registration of their products and other services. The new Zonal Coordinator of NAFDAC, Mr Fori Tatama, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Enugu that the agency has not appointed any intermediary to work on …

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Two containers load of pirated films and restricted drugs from China was on Tuesday handed over to the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) by the Customs Area Controller of the Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Command, Lami Wushishi. The two containers were laden with Augmentin 625mg, pirated films and Laclox, a restricted drug that is injurious to …

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The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control says it has waived 50 per cent on registration fee for locally manufactured products to promote Small and Medium Scale Enterprises. The NAFDAC spokesperson, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, said on Friday that the measure would go a long way to promote economic development. Jimoh explained that it was a new policy of …

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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Wednesday said it had destroyed counterfeit drugs worth N29 billion in the last three years. The Director, Special Duties, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, who gave the figure in Abuja, explained that in December 2016 alone, fake drugs worth N9.6bn were destroyed in Port Harcourt, Rivers, in an operation carried out in …

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