By Seun Ibiyemi The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) conducted 213 raids, sealed 179 establishments and recorded 52 arrests between January and August 2026 as part of efforts to curb the circulation of substandard, falsified and unsafe regulated products in Nigeria. The agency disclosed this in its eight-month enforcement report…
By Seun Ibiyemi The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raided the International Trade Fair Complex in Lagos, uncovering an alleged large-scale counterfeit alcoholic beverage operation and seizing products valued at more than ₦2 billion. The agency disclosed that operatives from its Investigation and Enforcement Directorate carried out the raid…
By Seun Ibiyemi The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has launched a 600-member pharmacists’ reserve force to expand its regulatory presence across Nigeria’s markets, pharmacies, patent medicine stores and primary healthcare centres. The initiative, known as the Pharmacists Reserve Volunteer Programme (PRVP), brings together qualified pharmacists already working in different…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to urgently resolve the lingering salary dispute with the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), warning that failure to revive negotiations could trigger another industrial crisis in the health sector. The NLC made the call in a letter dated August 6, 2026, addressed to the Minister…
By Seun Ibiyemi More than 100 traders and residents of New Gbagi Market in Ibadan, Oyo State, have benefited from a free dental and basic healthcare outreach organised by the University of Ibadan Association of Dental Students (UADS) in partnership with SIFAX Group. The community outreach, held on July 25 under the Committee on Dental…
By Seun Ibiyemi The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced a nationwide enforcement operation targeting markets, bars, motor parks and other distribution channels to remove alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles below 200 millilitres from circulation. The agency said the exercise reinforces the Federal Government’s…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening collaboration with the World Bank to accelerate access to safe water, improve irrigation, and enhance food security across Nigeria. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr. Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev, made this known on Wednesday while receiving a delegation from the World…
By Seun Ibiyemi The West African Health Organisation has officially endorsed the global Call to Action on Catalysing Large-Scale Food Fortification to End Child Malnutrition by 2030, reaffirming its commitment to ensuring that no child is left behind in the fight against malnutrition across the ECOWAS region. The initiative, launched by the German Federal Ministry…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has urged Nigerians to renew their commitment to ensuring that every citizen has access to safe and wholesome food, stressing that food safety is a fundamental human right. Adeyeye made the call on Monday during…
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, has commenced an indefinite strike over unresolved welfare and working condition issues affecting its members. The industrial action took effect at 8:00 a.m. on Monday following resolutions reached at an Emergency General Meeting of the association held on June…
