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Onitsha Medicine Market hands over fake, expired drugs worth N430m to NAFDAC
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu NNEWI — The leadership of the Ogbo Ogwu Medicine Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, has handed over fake, expired and other unwholesome drugs valued at more than N430 million to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for destruction, as part of efforts to rid the market of [] The post Onitsha Medicine Market hands over fake, expired drugs worth N430m to NAFDAC appeared first on Vanguard News.
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Form 144 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA For: 1 July
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· Jul 2, 2026
Fake NAFDAC registration used to smuggle drugs into Nigeria — Customs
Hands over N53bn worth of seized drugs, expired pharmaceuticals to NDLEA, NAFDAC By Efe Onodjae The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has uncovered an attempt to smuggle unregistered pharmaceutical products into Nigeria using a fake registration number of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed this [] The post Fake NAFDAC registration used to smuggle drugs into Nigeria — Customs appeared first on Vanguard News.
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· Jul 8, 2026
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