This document outlines the guidelines on re-opening places of worship during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The guideline has an overall objective to encourage and facilitate timely paediatric medicinal product development in Nigeria. It provides an outline of critical issues in paediatric drug development and the approaches to the safe, efficient and ethical study of medicinal products in the paediatric population.

This guideline document is for the interest of the general public and in particular, holders of NAFDAC certificate of registration for regulated products, who may wish to grant authorization (No objection) for the importation of their registered products by another company.

These guidelines are for the interest of the general public and in particular individuals and organizations intending to submit progress reports of ongoing clinical trials in Nigeria. The document emphasizes that progress reports on ongoing clinical trials in Nigeria should be submitted using the report template in This guideline.

These guidelines are intended to provide guidance on the technical and other general data requirements when submitting an application for renewal of product licence for imported medical devices. It outlines the process to be followed and the technical requirements to be met before a product can be placed on the Nigerian market.

This document defines the terms “objective” and “study endpoint”. It clearly states that for purposes of registration and reporting, the terms objectives and endpoints as used in this template provided in this document align with the terms primary purpose and outcome measures in clinicaltrials.gov, respectively. Individuals should provide a description of the study objectives and endpoints, as well as a justification for selecting the particular endpoints, in the table format included in the statement of compliance 3.0 of the document. This will provide clear articulation on how the selected primary and secondary endpoint(s) are linked to achieving the primary and secondary objectives and an explanation of why endpoint(s) were chosen. Data points collected in the study should support an objective or have a regulatory purpose. Therefore, careful consideration should be given prospectively to the amount of data needed to support the study’s objectives.

These guidelines are for the interest of the general public and in particular importers of donated products into Nigeria. The document provides information on the documentation for clearance, physical examination, and release of the consignment from the port of entry.

This guideline is to provide requirements for the conduct of clinical trials during public health emergencies.

These guidelines are for the interest of the general public and in particular, importers of finished bulk food, food raw materials and animal feed into Nigeria. The document emphasizes that no finished bulk food and/or food raw materials should be imported without obtaining Import Permit. It also provides for payment, submission of documents for first endorsement, joint inspection of consignment, second endorsement, release of consignment and tariff.

These guidelines are developed for the interest of the general public and in particular, importers of Narcotic and Controlled Substances, Pharmaceutical raw materials and restricted chemicals into Nigeria. The document emphasizes that pharmaceutical raw materials and restricted chemicals should not be imported without obtaining Import permit and permit to clear where applicable.

These guidelines are for the interest of the general public and in particular importers of finished pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and herbal products (Human and Veterinary) into Nigeria. The document provides for payment, submission of documents for first endorsement, first endorsement, and joint inspection of consignment, second endorsement and release of consignment.

This guideline document is for those importers of bulk food raw materials / importers of frozen fish, for which NAFDAC permits or certificate of registration are not issued, who require authorization to open form M.

These guidelines are for the interest of the general public and in particular, importers of food products into Nigeria. The document provides the procedures for application, verification of application, payment, submission of application, review of application, first endorsement, joint inspection of consignment, second endorsement, release of consignment and tariff.

This document provides the implementation guidelines for containment of COVID-19 by the Federal Government of Nigeria at different phases of COVID-19 response measures. This is to curb the spread of coronavirus in the work environments.

These guidelines are for the interest of the general public and in particular, importers of cosmetics and medical devices into Nigeria. The document emphasizes that no cosmetics and medical devices shall be manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold, distributed or used in Nigeria unless it has been registered in accordance with the provisions of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Act CAP N1 (LFN) 2004, other related legislations and the accompanying guidelines.

These regulations apply to the registration of drugs and related products manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold, distributed or used in Nigeria. The document emphasizes that no drug product shall be manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold, distributed or used in Nigeria unless it has been registered in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.

These regulations apply to the labelling of food additives sold either by retail or others, including sales to caterers and food manufacturers. They also apply to food processing aids, and also provide the prohibition regulation that no person can manufacture, import, export, distribute, advertise, display for sale or use any food additives, except food additives set out in the prescribed standards.

These regulations apply to all fortified foods manufactured, imported, exported, distributed, advertised, sold or used in Nigeria. The regulatory document provides for advertisement of foods to which no vitamin and/or mineral has been added, label declaration of food to which vitamin and/or mineral has been added, statement relating to mineral content of food, label declaration of food mandatorily fortified with vitamin A, labelling, packaging, penalty and forfeiture after conviction.

These regulations apply to foods processed by ionizing radiation that is used in conjunction with applicable hygienic codes, food standards and transportation codes, manufactured, imported, exported, distributed, advertised, sold or used in Nigeria. The document provides information on the general requirement for food treatments, radiation sources, absorbed dose, facilities and control of the process, wholesomeness of irradiated foods, packaging, quality assurance, inspection, re-irradiation, labelling, trade in irradiated foods, importation, exportation, penalty, and forfeiture after conviction

These regulations apply to cocoa and cocoa products that are manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold, distributed or used in Nigeria. The document provides information on labels, conditions for claims that food is cocoa based, prohibitions, maximum limits of contaminants, permitted additives, penalty, and forfeiture after conviction.