The National Agency for Foods, Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Thursday approved three COVID-19 vaccine variants for use in Nigeria. These are Moderna (Rovi Pharma Madrid, Spain); AstraZeneca AZD1222 [SK Bioscience Co Limited (Republic of Korea)]; and Sputnik V (Gamaleya National Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russia). In a statement, Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, director…
Nigeria Begins COVID-19 Vaccination Friday
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] If the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, which arrived Nigeria Tuesday passes the test by the Nigeria Agency for Drug and Food Administration, NAFDAC, vaccination will begin Friday. According to Boss Mustapha, chairman of the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 and secretary to the government of the Federation, SGF, who took delivery of the…
NAFDAC Approves Prof. Iwu’s COVID-19 Remedy for Clinical trial
There is light at the end of the tunnel for a homegrown solution to the COVID-19 pandemic as the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration, NAFDAC has approved IHP Detox Tea for clinical trials. [wpdiscuz-feedback id=”32ku2o4u0j” question=”Please leave a feedback on this” opened=”0″][/wpdiscuz-feedback] In a letter of approval signed by Ijeoma Nwankwo, director of…
Hungarian-Trained-Nigerian-Doctor’s Cure for Covid-19 Claim
A Port Harcourt-based diabetologist, Cornelius Ngochindo, has made a claim to discovering a medication that can prevent and cure the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19. Ngochindo, who was trained in Hungary, said he has already approached the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, to approve the medication got from scientific sources so that…
We Were Not Invited to Inspect Consignment of Rice to Oyo State – Adeyeye, NAFDAC DG
As the Oyo State consignment of rice from the Federal Government as part of palliatives to cushion the effect of COVID-19 lockdown remains enmeshed in controversy, the Director-General of the Nigeria Agency for Food, Drugs and Administration Control, NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye has said the agency was not in a position to explain what went…
War Of The Bitters
There seems to be no respite yet for Nigerian manufacturers, especially brewers of herbal drinks whose trade has come under attack by imitators. That is why, when recently, Paul Orhii, director-general, National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, alerted the nation that the agency would soon clamp down on unregistered herbal drinks,…
FG Bans Consumption of Local Gin
The Federal government has banned the consumption of local gin, popularly called Ogogoro in all parts of the country. The decision came as a result of recent deaths that trailed the consumption of the local gin in Rivers and Ondo states. The government however confirmed that the death toll in Rivers State had risen to…
USAID Accredits NAFDAC Laboratory
The U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID has presented the International Organization for Standardization quality certificate to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Central Drug Control Laboratory in Yaba, Lagos. The certification was presented by Michael Harvey, USAID’s Director in Nigeria, on Thursday, January 29. The certification is said to…
Monalisa Chinda to Partner NAFDAC On Fibroid
Monalisa Chinda, popular actress has collaborated with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration, NAFDAC, to sponsor about 10 women for fibroid surgery across the country. At the inauguration of the project in Abuja, Chinda under her Arise Monalisa Foundation, said apart from being driven by the zeal to ‘give back’ to her society,…
NAFDAC Health Workers Suspend Strike
Health workers at the National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control have suspended their 14-day-old nationwide strike. Comrade Stephen Ibe, Chairman, Medical Health Workers Union, Federal Area Council, at a rally at the agency’s office in Lagos, said the union would renew the strike if the Federal Government does not fulfill its own…
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