{
  "id": 13767655,
  "title": "ABUAD urges end to import, unveils three locally-made herbal medicines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/abuad-urges-end-to-import-unveils-three-locally-made-herbal-medicines-13767655",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-11T18:04:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/abuad-urges-end-to-import-unveils-three-locally-made-herbal-medicines/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, has urged Nigerians to embrace Nigerian-made herbal medicine and reduce their dependence on foreign counterparts. The Deputy Director, AB Pharmaceutical Services, Oluwatoyin Afolabi, said Nigeria’s continued reliance on foreign herbal products, despite the country’s indigenous medicinal resources and growing research capacity, amounted to a form of economic…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "ABUAD urges end to import, unveils three locally-made herbal medicines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/abuad-urges-end-to-import-unveils-three-locally-made-herbal-medicines",
        "published": "2026-10-11T17:56:06.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}