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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said contending with the minimal side effects of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is better than dying of COVID-19 complications. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Nigeria has on Thursday approved the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use in the country. Speaking at a press conference this morning February 18, the…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has ruled out the possibility of conducting a local clinical trial on the proposed N400bn vaccines before administering them on Nigerians. A clinical trial, according to…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Friday announced that Nigeria would soon start manufacturing its own vaccines, with the upgrading of existing laboratories across the country. Director-General,…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has disclosed that a total ban on production of alcohol drink in sachets will be implemented in 2023/2024. The agency’s Director-General, Prof.…

Federal Government has indicated plans to completely phase out high concentration of alcohol in sachet and small Polyethylene Terephthalate and glass bottles in the country. This is contained in a statement by Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye,…

Federal Government has on Friday, September 4 received samples of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine. It would be recalled that Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin had in August announced that it had produced the first batch of its COVID-19…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned Nigerians to stop the consumption of an organic apple and blackcurrant juice originating from Australia. NAFDAC’s Director-General, Moji Adeyeye, who…

Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye has said over dependency on importation has affected the availability of medical supplies in Nigeria in the light of the…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) has announced the continuation of Hydroxychloroquine clinical trial as treatment for COVID-19 patients in the country. This comes a day after World Health Organization (WHO)…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the production of Chloroquine for clinical trials in tackling COVID-19. Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, made the announcement on…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against the use of polythene bags popularly known as nylon in food packaging as it causes cancer.The Director-General of NAFDAC, Professor…

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned food vendors and others against the use of paracetamol as tenderizer in cooking meat and beans.The Kwara Coordinator of NAFDAC, Mrs Roseline Ajayi…

National Agency for Food and Drugs Adminstration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted 21 containers of spoilt frozen fish at Tincan Island Port in Lagos. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, made this known in a…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians on the dangers of e-cigarettes. Prof. Moji Adeyeye, NAFDAC’s Director-General, in a statement on Thursday, said that the U.S. Food and…