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NAFDAC DG: Give Me the Mandate and I Will Take the Fight Against Fake Drugs to a New Level – Olatunde Isaac

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2026

By Olumide Bajulaiye Nigeria’s battle against counterfeit and substandard medicines, unsafe foods and other harmful regulated products may require more than tougher regulations—it may require putting experienced professionals with proven records directly at the helm of the nation’s drug and

NEWS

Why Nigerians Do Not Trust NBMA’s Regulation of GMOs

Daily Dispatch March 9, 2026

By Nnimmo Bassey and Joyce Brown The deployment of products of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) continues to raise concerns and resistance, not only in Nigeria but across the world among consumers, researchers, public health experts, food sovereignty campaigners and others. Nigeria’s National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) however, has continued to take on a

HEALTH

Fake Malaria Drugs Valued at ₦1.2bn Intercepted in Lagos

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2025

The officers of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have intercepted fake Malamal Forte malaria drugs valued at over N1.2 billion in Lagos State. NAFDAC disclosed this via a statement shared on X on Friday, September 12, 2025. The agency revealed that the fake drugs intercepted in a warehouse located […]

HEALTH

Danger! Stop burning cow hide into ponmo- Dietician

Daily Dispatch June 17, 2023

A dietician, Dr Salami Akorede, has called on NAFDAC to regulate the mode of processing cow hide into “ponmo’’ for human consumption. Akorede is the Director, Dietetics Department at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Ile-Ife on Saturday that the popular mode of burning cow […]