Food & Nutrition Wellbeing

The Dark Side of Slimming Pills

Ihesiulo Grace 20 November 2017 0

It’s getting close to the end of the year and most people are yet to reach the resolutions on weight loss. If you are still dealing with some of the struggles of weight loss, you often find yourself looking for magic solutions. Your desire push yourself past your goals can lead you to throw

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NAFDAC refutes report of 70% fake drugs in Nigerian markets

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2017 0

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denied reports that 70 per cent of drugs in the country are fake and described such information as false and misleading. NAFDAC spokesperson Abubakar Jimoh while reacting on the report on Sunday in Abuja said the statement from the acclaimed expert was displeasing […]

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NAFDAC to collaborate with Rivers traders to check influx of fake products

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2017 0

*We will identify distributors of fake products, says market association Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt The South-South zonal office of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, is to partner with the executives of markets in Rivers State to rid the market in the state of fake and adulterated products. Zonal Director of […]

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Why bread and confectionaries business are still dominated by foreign companies

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

Pastries, unarguably the most popular food in the country is a trending and high profit yielding business. It is very common to see people moving on a busy road and munching bread, doughnut or buns rather than stop over at eateries because it is time and saving, especially in times of economic recession like we […]

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NAFDAC impounds fake Eva soap, vegetable oil in Onitsha

Ihesiulo Grace 26 October 2017 0

Angela Onwuzoo As part of efforts to sanitise markets in Nigeria of fake drugs and other regulated products, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has impounded fake and adulterated products worth over N20m at the Relief and Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) Markets, all in Onitsha, the business hub of […]

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NAFDAC arrests importer of fake insecticides worth N50m in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

Angela Onwuzoo The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it has re-arrested a man identified as Mr. Obumneme Okpala a.k.a Okanu, for importing fake and unwholesome insecticides from China into the Nigerian market valued over N50m. Okpala who was earlier arrested for same offence in 2015, was apprehended at Block […]

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Fake drugs now threat to global public health – NAFDAC

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2017 0

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has raised the alarm over the health implications of substandard and falsified medical products, describing it as a threat to global public health. Acting Director-General of NAFDAC, Mr. Ademola Mogbojuri, who raised the alarm, said the health implications of consumption of fake drugs and […]

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Borrowing, not solution to Nigeria’s problem- Umeofia

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2017 0

Chief Executive Officer of Erisco foods, Chief Erick Umeofia, has cried out that borrowing is not a solution to Nigeria’s problem, insisting that buying made-in-Nigeria is the only way out of the current economic predicaments of the nation. Umeofia, who made this declaration in a press briefing in Lagos, lamented the manipulations and frustrations going […]

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FG okays retirement of Acting NAFDAC DG

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

The federal government has approved the immediate retirement of the Acting Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Mrs Yetunde Oni. The government directive for Oni’s ‘immediate retirement’ was granted by a Permanent Secretary in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), R […]

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Yetunde Oni, 3 others jostle for NAFDAC DG post

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2017 0

At least four candidates are on the radar of President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration as the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). According to multiple sources at the Presidency, among the 12 candidates that indicated interest in the job, four have been shortlisted for screening. Top on […]

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We’ll continue with strike until … NAFDAC workers

Ihesiulo Grace 23 September 2017 0

Agitation over acting DG unnecessary as FG’ll act shortly- Agency spokesman The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, workers have said they will continue with their strike until the federal government appoints a substantive director general, DG. Ejor Michael, the National Public Relations Officer, Medical and Health Union of Nigeria,

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Fire razes warehouse at NAFDAC office in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2017 0

The office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Oshodi, Lagos State, has been gutted by fire. Although the actual cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained, it was gathered that the fire started from the powerhouse of the agency and spread to the warehouse, where chemicals such […]

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FG to investigate importation of garri from India

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2017 Post a comment

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development says it will liaise with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to investigate the alleged importation of garri from India. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, who made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, said that it is […]

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NAFDAC seals over 200 bakeries in 2016 in Kwara

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2017 0

The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said that it sealed over 200 bakeries between January and December, 2016 in Kwara state over unhealthy production. The coordinator of NAFDAC in the state, Mrs. Roseline Ajayi, revealed this during an interview with the Daily Times in llorin, the state capital on Thursday. Ajayi […]

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Ondo Govt Bans Ogogoro Production

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2015 0

The Ondo State Government ‎says the production of locally made gin otherwise known as “Ogogoro” in now prohibited in the state Dr. DayoAdeyanju, the Commissioner for Health, said this at the weekend, while addressing journalists, in Akure, the capital city. ‎ He ‎said the ministry had reviewed strategies and embarked on sensitisation to let people […]

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Freight Forwarders to Expose Quacks via Electronic Platform

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has said that  it would soon create an electronic platform that would enable members of the public especially importers identify genuine and duly registered freight forwarders. Speaking while addressing members of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agent (ANLCA) when he visited its