{
  "id": 15079117,
  "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-15079117",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T00:40:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/nafdac-destroys-n5-3bn-fake-products-in-one-week/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "NAFDAC has seized and destroyed counterfeit and unwholesome products worth over N5.3bn in a single week. According to Punch Nigeria and Punch, these items included alcoholic drinks and pharmaceuticals, as well as fake drinks and drugs, across Nigeria.\n\nDaily Post Nigeria reported that NAFDAC destroyed seized counterfeit and substandard products worth N2.6 billion in Rivers State. Dr. Martins Iluyomade, the chairman of the Federal Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods, disclosed that the products included chemicals, cookies, tomatoes, and medicines.\n\nIluyomade stated that the goods were intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service at Onne Port between 2025 and 2026. He noted that the destruction exercise, which took place in Port Harcourt on Friday, was made possible through 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."
}