•Late Abuja-based singer, Ifunanya Nwangene The Senate has called for urgent action to ensure public and private hospitals are stocked with life-saving antidotes, following a series of preventable deaths from snakebites, poisoning, and other medical emergencies. Sponsored by Senator Adebule Idiat Oluranti (Lagos West), the motion highlights th...
•Chimamanda Adichie A Nigerian health professional has called on the Lagos State government to broaden the composition of the panel investigating the death of Chimamanda’s son by including pharmacists and nurses, warning that the absence of these cadres could undermine the credibility and outcome of the inquest. In an open letter addressed to ...
•A Pharmacist The debate over the implementation of consultant cadres for pharmacists and nurses has intensified, as the Clinical Pharmacists Association of Nigeria (CPAN) criticised the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) for opposing the reforms, accusing the group of misleading policymakers and resisting evidence-ba...
•A pharmacy The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has urged the National Assembly to halt ongoing moves to create new health-related commissions, describing the proposals as wasteful, duplicative, and out of touch with current economic realities. Public Hearings on Proposed Commissions In a statement signed by National Cha...
•Health workers protest Nigeria faces a mounting health emergency as the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) renewed its demand for urgent government action on the long-standing salary dispute that has crippled services nationwide. The strike, now in its fourth day, has paralysed operations in all 73 Federal Health Institutions, leaving ho...
•Protesting health workers The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have declared an indefinite nationwide strike, starting from midnight today, Friday, November 14, accusing the federal government of “long delay, inaction and outright disregard” for a twelve-year demand to adjust ...
•Nigeria community pharmacy Citing widespread breaches of pharmaceutical regulations, the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has urged authorities to impose sanctions on companies and their Superintendent Pharmacists operating unlawfully within Nigeria’s Federal Health Institutions(FHIs) across the country. The stateme...
•ACPN logo and Prof Muhammad Ali Pate Pharmacists under the auspices of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) warned that continued delay in launching the long-awaited Nigeria’s National Prescription Policy (NPP) is threatening critical reforms in drug regulation. In a letter dated August 8, 2025 and addressed to Prof Mu...
The Rivers State Government has warned pharmacists operating pharmacies and other medical personnel operating patient medicines stores, better known as chemists, from administering injections and other intravenous medications on patients. The state government also shut down six medical facilities operating in the state for operating without a...
The Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN) has urged the federal government to implement the approved Consultant Pharmacist Cadre and Harmonisation of Call Duty Allowance and Other Related Allowances for Pharmacists with Doctor of Pharmacy Degree. Pharm. Olabode Ogunjemiyo (FPSN), the National Chairman of ...
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