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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
Regulatory operatives from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) set ablaze heaps of seized pharmaceuticals and adulterated consumables this week, incinerating fake, falsified, and expired products valued at over ₦5.3 billion. The towering black smoke at the disposal grounds staged a familiar ritual of state enforcement. Yet across public tertiary…
Nigeria’s food and drug safety watchdog seized and burnt counterfeit consumer goods worth more than N5.3bn across three major commercial centres in seven days. Deputy Director Christiana Obiazikwor confirmed that coordinated raids hit illicit trading hubs and production dens across Lagos, Aba, and Port Harcourt. Dirty syndicates poison markets without remorse. Operatives dismantled over twenty…
Federal regulators incinerated ₦59m worth of expired, donated pharmaceuticals at the Igwuruta dump site in Port Harcourt this week. The shipment arrived from the United States through the Area 1 Port before port inspectors intercepted the entire batch. The haul packed a 40-foot container with anti-ulcer treatments, hypertension pills, painkillers, antidepressants, and general medical consumables….
Nigeria’s push to build a home grown pharmaceutical industry took a fresh turn on Tuesday when the Federal Government unveiled seven herbal medicines developed by the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) for conditions ranging from prostate and colorectal cancers to hepatitis B, peptic ulcer, hypertension and high cholesterol. The products were presented at…
Lawmakers in the upper chamber have signalled their strongest intent yet to confront Nigeria’s long running counterfeit medicine crisis, advancing a bill that would send anyone convicted of producing or trafficking fake drugs to prison for up to 15 years and strip them of assets tied to the trade. The Counterfeit Medical Products, Fake…
A fresh warning has gone out to Nigerian consumers and traders over two alcoholic energy drinks already barred from the market, after regulators across the border intercepted a sizeable stock of the products in circulation. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control raised the alert in Public Alert No. 032/2026, posted…
Content creator Jubril Oladapo Gbadamosi, known to millions as Officer Woos, has firmly rejected viral claims that he announced the death of his close colleague Broda Shaggi, describing the publications as fabricated and warning that those behind them risk legal action. The dispute began days ago when an X user, sharing a photograph of…
Nigeria loses more than 53,000 people each year to diseases linked to contaminated food, with nearly 50 million cases of foodborne illness recorded annually and children under five carrying over 80 per cent of the burden, the Federal Government has revealed. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, made…
Nigeria’s primary consumer and food regulators signed a pact on Wednesday to end the jurisdictional friction that allows rogue traders to thrive. Tunji Bello of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) and Mojisola Adeyeye of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) formalised this tie-up in Abuja. The deal…
Rising consumption of salt among Nigerians has come under renewed scrutiny as Mojisola Adeyeye signals regulatory action to curb what health authorities describe as a growing public health risk linked to preventable deaths. Speaking at a stakeholders’ engagement on the draft “Reduction of Sodium in Pre-Packaged Foods Regulations 2026,” the Director-General of National Agency for…