…Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday, October 22, uncovered another illegal herbal products factory in Agege, Lagos, where three unregistered products were allegedly manufactured under unhygienic conditions, with one bearing a registration number belonging to a registered cough syrup. Disclosing this to news…

…said the discovery followed a report published by The Guardian on October 10, 2026, on herbal products bearing falsified NAFDAC registration numbers. “NAFDAC has uncovered an illegal herbal product manufacturing facility in Agege, Lagos State, following a report published by The Guardian on 10 October 2026 concerning h…

…PSN National Secretary, Pharm. Gafar Madehein, cautioned Nigerians against assuming that herbal products were safe simply because they carried NAFDAC registration numbers.He explained that a registration number issued for listing purposes did not necessarily mean that a product had undergone clinical trials demonstrati…

…others were arrested for violating the ban placed by the local government on the sale of herbal products. The command also said it had commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths, while the bodies of the deceased were undergoing the necessary medical and forensic procedures. The statement r…