# Verification Watch: What Nigerians Check on the NAFDAC Checker, Month by Month

- Monthly aggregates of lookups on Ogbogwu's free NAFDAC checker: how lookups ended, the products met most often, the real numbers that turned out lapsed, the number series typed, and where lookups came from. No typed query is published.
- Method: products appear where they were the first match at least 3 times in the month, lapsed matches at least 2, number series at least 5, states at least 3. Misses are reasons from the shape of the text, never the text. A month is aggregated once it has ended and never revised. "Found" means a record in our dated copy of the NAFDAC Greenbook. CC BY 4.0. HTML: https://ogbogwu.com/data/verification-watch/

## Every month

- [August 2026](https://ogbogwu.com/data/verification-watch/2026-08/index.md): In August 2026 the checker answered 1,357 lookups: 762 by NAFDAC number and 595 by product name. 33% found a record; of those, 31% met a registration that was expired or inactive. 78% of lookups came from Nigeria.

# NAFDAC Verification Watch, August 2026: 1,357 Lookups and What They Found

- In August 2026 the checker answered 1,357 lookups: 762 by NAFDAC number and 595 by product name. 33% found a record; of those, 31% met a registration that was expired or inactive. 78% of lookups came from Nigeria.
- Aggregates only, from the checker's log; no typed query is published. Generated 2026-09-16. HTML: https://ogbogwu.com/data/verification-watch/2026-08/ · Method: https://ogbogwu.com/data/verification-watch/#method

## How lookups ended

- Found, registration active: 312
- Found, registration expired: 70
- Found, registration inactive: 70
- Not found — a product name the register does not hold: 329
- Not found — a medicines-shaped number our copy does not hold: 302
- Not found — a number ending in a letter (a listed herbal L-number): 225
- Not found — a food, water or cosmetics series (01, 02, 05–09): 42
- Not found — a barcode typed as a NAFDAC number: 7

## Products looked up most (first match at least 3 times)

- Levofloxacin — B4-7846, Active: 7 lookups
- Artesunate - Amodiaquine Winthrop Toddler Tablets — A4-3405, Active: 6 lookups
- Cialis — 04-5196, Active: 6 lookups
- Metformin 1000 mg Tablet — B4-7689, Active: 6 lookups
- Tramadol — B4-8247, Expired: 6 lookups
- Natnaw Tablets — B4-8612, Active: 5 lookups
- Tadalafil 20 mg — A4-100141, Active: 5 lookups
- Ampiclox 500 Capsule — 04-2401, Active: 4 lookups
- Emzor Paracetamol Tablet — 04-0411, Active: 4 lookups
- Jessy Hemoglobin Plus Syrup 200 mL — A11-100560, Active: 4 lookups
- Paracetamol & Aceclofenac Tablets — B4-8052, Expired: 4 lookups
- Prednisolone 5 mg Tablet — B4-5879, Active: 4 lookups
- Airmax Syrup — A4-6260, Expired: 3 lookups
- Amatem Forte Soft Gel Capsules — B4-0952, Inactive: 3 lookups
- BRADFERON — A4-8303, Expired: 3 lookups
- Bonadol Caplet — 04-5762, Active: 3 lookups
- Ceftriaxone & Sulbactam Injection — B4-9538, Active: 3 lookups
- Ciprotab 500 Soflets — 04-0723, Active: 3 lookups
- Clotrivag Tablet — A4-8315, Active: 3 lookups
- Dermazin Cream — 04-0223, Active: 3 lookups
- Emzor Acetaminophen Capsule — A11-0831, Expired: 3 lookups
- Gentamicin 0.3% Eye/Ear Drops — A11-0247, Active: 3 lookups
- Lonart-DS Tablets — 04-9927, Active: 3 lookups
- M & B Paracetamol Syrup — 04-0247, Active: 3 lookups
- Mebendazole 100 Tablet — A11-100341, Active: 3 lookups
- Rocephin 1G Powder for injection I.M. — 04-7302, Active: 3 lookups
- Valcontin 500 Tablet — A4-5954, Active: 3 lookups
- Vasoprin Tablet — 04-1797, Expired: 3 lookups

## Lookups that met an expired or inactive registration (at least 2)

- Tramadol — B4-8247, Expired: 6
- Paracetamol & Aceclofenac Tablets — B4-8052, Expired: 4
- Airmax Syrup — A4-6260, Expired: 3
- Amatem Forte Soft Gel Capsules — B4-0952, Inactive: 3
- BRADFERON — A4-8303, Expired: 3
- Emzor Acetaminophen Capsule — A11-0831, Expired: 3
- Vasoprin Tablet — 04-1797, Expired: 3
- 4 B-Ola Cotton Wool — 03-6488, Expired: 2
- Afrabvite Multivitamin Drops — 04-0213, Inactive: 2
- Amoxil 250 Capsules — 04-2508, Expired: 2
- Artemether & Lumefantrine Dispersible Tablets — C4-1419, Inactive: 2
- Clopact-75 Tablets — A4-2356, Inactive: 2
- Coartem 20/120 Dispersible Tablets — A4-1680, Inactive: 2
- Dapaziga Tablet — A4-100053, Inactive: 2
- Darvinks Diclofenac — B4-8214, Expired: 2
- Dasplin Herbal Mixture — A7-5148L, Expired: 2
- De-Deon's Syrup — 04-4042, Inactive: 2
- Deno Levofloxacin Tablets — C4-1220, Inactive: 2
- Druprofen Suspension — B4-5272, Inactive: 2
- Larinate 60 mg Injection — A4-3798, Inactive: 2
- M & B Paracetamol Tablet — 04-0633, Expired: 2
- P-Alaxin TS — B4-8892, Inactive: 2
- PROTEX POWDER FOR ORAL SUSPENSION — C4-0389, Expired: 2
- Unisal Infusion — 04-0342, Inactive: 2

## Number series people typed (at least 5 lookups)

- A7: 168 lookups, 0% found
- 04: 87 lookups, 69% found
- B4: 71 lookups, 55% found
- A4: 62 lookups, 68% found
- A2: 40 lookups, 0% found
- 01: 30 lookups, 0% found
- A8: 28 lookups, 0% found
- A11: 25 lookups, 80% found
- A1: 16 lookups, 0% found
- B1: 15 lookups, 0% found
- C4: 15 lookups, 47% found
- 02: 14 lookups, 0% found
- D1: 11 lookups, 0% found
- A5: 10 lookups, 0% found
- O4: 9 lookups, 0% found
- 08: 7 lookups, 0% found
- 03: 6 lookups, 83% found
- C1: 6 lookups, 0% found
- E1: 6 lookups, 0% found

## Where lookups came from

- Nigeria 1052 (78%), abroad 303, location unknown 2; 22 countries in all.
- Lagos: 709
- Rivers: 151
- FCT: 120
- Edo: 18
- Oyo: 15
- Kano: 9
- Imo: 4
- Ogun: 4
- Abia: 3