•A hospital ward The Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has shut down 37 private hospitals and other healthcare facilities in the state over various regulatory violations in the past 18 months. The Acting Director-General of PHIMA, Hajiya Khadija Sa’id, disclosed that 16 of the affected facilities were closed in 2...
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 498 pharmaceutical premises across Lagos State for violating regulations governing pharmacy practice and the handling of medicines in the country. The affected premises include 215 pharmacies, 83 patent medicine stores, and 200 illegal medicine shops, according to the PCN’s Head of Enforcement, ...

