Breaking news and updates from Nigeria's pharmacy profession.
PSN Deputy President (North), Pharm. Aisha Isiyaku, has urged experienced pharmacists to deliberately transfer professional knowledge and skills to younger colleagues as the pharmacy profession continues to evolve.
Nigeria has trained 80 health workers from 32 states and the Federal Capital Territory to expand access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, with further state-level training already reaching more than 230 participants.
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria has sealed 733 pharmaceutical premises in Delta State following a four-day enforcement exercise that uncovered 339 illegal outlets and regulatory violations across five local government areas.
PSN President Ayuba Tanko Ibrahim has placed medication safety at the centre of pharmacy practice, highlighting pharmacists' responsibility to help patients use medicines correctly and safely.
Prof Kabiru McGulma has called on PSN Kaduna to convene a pharmacy policy dialogue with key state health institutions to develop a proposal for integrating pharmacist-delivered services into primary care and health insurance.
Nigeria’s NDLEA and the UAE’s National Drug Enforcement Authority have signed a new agreement to strengthen intelligence sharing, joint enforcement and cooperation against drug trafficking along the Nigeria-UAE corridor.
Pharmacists and healthcare stakeholders gathered in Kaduna for the 2026 World Pharmacists Day Scientific Conference, where speakers examined the future of pharmacy, professional development, mentorship and pharmacists’ contribution to public health.
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria is preparing to mark 100 years since its founding in 1927, with President Ayuba Tanko Ibrahim outlining plans for a major centenary programme in 2027.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a trader and two companies over the unlawful possession, importation and distribution of fake and unregistered medicines following guilty pleas entered by the defendants.
The Federal Government has reaffirmed plans to strengthen Nigeria’s pharmacy workforce and expand pharmacists’ roles across clinical care, digital health, medicines safety and local pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria President Pharm. Ayuba Tanko Ibrahim has urged pharmacists to look beyond medicine dispensing and strengthen their roles in patient care, health education, counselling and public health.
Kaduna Deputy Governor Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe joined pharmacists and senior health officials for a health walk in Kaduna to mark World Pharmacists Day 2026 and highlight pharmacists’ role in healthcare delivery.
