{
  "id": 15074295,
  "title": "NAFDAC destroys N5.3bn fake products in one week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/nafdac-destroys-n5-3bn-fake-products-in-one-week",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T00:12:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/nafdac-destroys-n5-3bn-fake-products-in-one-week/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed counterfeit and unwholesome products worth over N5.3 billion in one week across Nigeria, according to Punch. These seized items included fake drinks and drugs.\n\nDaily Post Nigeria and Punch Nigeria report that NAFDAC destroyed seized counterfeit and substandard products valued at N2.6 billion in Rivers State. The items, which consisted of chemicals, cookies, medicines, and tomatoes, were intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service at Onne Port between 2025 and 2026.\n\nDr. Martins Iluyomade, the chairman of the Federal Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods in Nigeria, disclosed the details at a destruction site in Port Harcourt on Friday. Speaking for NAFDAC Director-General Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Iluyomade stated that the exercise was made possible by cooperation and existing memoranda of understanding between NAFDAC and the Nigeria Customs Service.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "NANS urges NAFDAC to test drugs, food sold on campuses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/nans-urges-nafdac-to-test-drugs-food-sold-on-campuses",
        "published": "2026-10-16T14:48:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "NANS urges NAFDAC to test drugs, food sold around campuses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/nans-urges-nafdac-to-test-drugs-food-sold-around-campuses",
        "published": "2026-10-16T15:24:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}