Methanol-tainted Nigeria drink kills 48, 182 made ill: government
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Fifteen people have been arrested in connection with the production and sale of a locally brewed beverage, say officials
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Agence France-Presse Published: 10:24pm, 19 Sep 2026
Nigeria’s food and drug regulator on Saturday said alcoholic concoctions tainted with methanol killed 48 people and sickened 182 in recent weeks.
The deaths occurred in three districts of Nigeria’s southwestern Ondo state after victims consumed the locally brewed mixture, which local media said is known as “Monkey Tail”.
Methanol is highly toxic and causes death by organ failure as well as blindness.
The country’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said five people had been made totally blind and two had partially lost their sight.
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