Health
NAFDAC Seizes 90 Cartoons Of Fake “Fidossi Spunmante” Drinks
The regulatory body (NAFDAC) has confiscated cartons of fake ”Fidossi Spunmante” drinks, an alcoholic wine, without proper registration numbers in Edo.
PostNaija gathered that the Assistant Director of NAFDAC in the state, Itua Esther revealed this in an interview on Saturday in Benin.
Itua stated that the seizure followed a raid on five shops at the Upper Sakponba, Mission Road, Benin City on Friday.
“Our target is Festa Spunmante, the registered brand of this specific drink is Fidossi Spumante.
“Festa Spunmante is not registered with NAFDAC and as such has no registration number on it.
“NAFDAC is the agency that controls, regulates the exportation and importation of regulated products. This specific brand falls under food which includes what NAFDAC regulates.
“Meanwhile the company that produces this particular drink is supposed to have come through NAFDAC for proper inspection of the facility.”
“Selling of fake drinks as well as other regulated products is not on the rise because the agency is not resting on its continuous fight against fake products.
“The consumption of fake drinks could result in kidney problems,” she stated.
It also confirmed that the original price of the drink goes for N8, 000, while the fake is sold for about N5, 500 per carton.
Itua clarified that the firm was supposed to pay a specified fee for the imported food item and the brand of the drink would then be taken to the laboratory for a test.
She said the drink was typically tested for the agency to determine what the content was about and if it was considered fit to be consumed by Nigerians.
The assistant director thus counseled consumers to be watchful and ensure that they only purchase products with NAFDAC registration numbers.
She, however, called on consumers to also report suspected dealers with fake products to the nearest NAFDAC office.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
Health
Nigerian And Other Foreign Nationals Nabbed In India For Promising To Sell Kidneys To Over 200 People
The police in Bengaluru on Sunday nabbed a gang of six which include two Sudanese nationals and a Nigerian. They were, therefore, arrested for duping over 200 persons promising them to sell or buy kidneys online.
So they claimed to have been authorized by the WHO and had wrongly used the name of a hospital and a reputed medical doctor to deceive people seeking kidney transplants.
Those arrested are; Jatin Kumar, 25, Kami Ranjan, 21, from Bommanahalli, Herendra Tripura, 25, from Tripura, Marwan Faisal, 27, Sudan, Ahmed Ismail, 24, Sudan, Esene Lovely, 29, Nigeria
So, they were arrested by tracing the mobile numbers listed on their website after a doctor in a private hospital; Dr. Shafiq M.M complained.
Also, the police recovered ATM, account details, and SIM cards and cellphones after a search was carried out.
Also, it was also gathered that the names of reputable doctors were mentioned to convince their victims. Further, they collected money ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 60,000 pretending to issue insurance and register over 200 people.
However, the Nigerian, Esene Lovely, Ismail, and Marwan have overstayed their visas in India.
The release of a video showing a Nigerian father refusing medical assistance for his sick daughter, precious, has brought about many outrageous statements. The father claimed that his church, Jehovah’s Witness is against the transfusion of blood.
Harrison Gwamnishu, the activist who shared the video has met with the girl’s parent in Sapele. Precious, who is suffering from Hydrocephalus might need a blood transfusion if she undergoes surgery.
The father said he agrees to medical help but will never consent to blood transfusion to be done on his 1 year and 7 months old daughter.
”We in Jehovah’s witnesses, we don’t take blood. I would not want to transfuse blood into the child. We will not accept a blood transfusion. If in the course of surgery they would transfuse blood in the child, we would not want that. I don’t want my baby to die but that is our faith” the father said
