Breaking news and updates from Nigeria's pharmacy profession.
The NDLEA says it intercepted 47,200 Captagon tablets concealed in bathing soap and nearly 3.9 million opioid tablets in separate operations at Lagos airport, with the consignments valued at more than ₦6.2 billion.
NAFDAC has sealed several shops at Lagos Trade Fair Complex following a two-day enforcement operation targeting suspected unregistered cosmetic products, with samples taken for investigation and operators invited for regulatory proceedings.
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has inducted 47 pharmacy graduates from the 2025/2026 academic session, with university and Pharmacy Council officials urging them to uphold professional ethics, integrity and continuous learning.
FIP’s 2026 World Pharmacists Day campaign identifies legislation, funding, integration, education and public awareness as essential to expanding pharmacists’ impact. For Nigeria, the message raises important questions about scope, financing and health-system integration.
The Federal Government has activated an emergency task force following a diphtheria outbreak among children in parts of Katsina and Kano, deploying 500,000 vaccine doses while expanding surveillance and treatment capacity.
A decade-old study of Adansonia digitata has evolved into KASUTAB-500, a tablet supplement developed through Kaduna State University’s African Food as Medicine Series, as Dr Aishatu Shehu pushes for greater scientific investigation of Africa’s indigenous resources.
Nigeria has launched its Nigeria Alcohol Policy and Multisectoral Implementation Plan (2026–2030), establishing a coordinated national framework focused on harm reduction, responsible industry development, stronger governance and evidence-based monitoring.
The Federal Government says more than 37,000 health workers have been recruited into federal tertiary hospitals since 2024, as Nigeria intensifies efforts to strengthen its health workforce and improve healthcare delivery.
The National Health Insurance Authority has removed its previous ₦400,000 radiotherapy ceiling and abolished the 50:50 cost-sharing arrangement, introducing site-specific tariffs ranging from ₦850,000 to ₦1.2 million.
Nnamdi Azikiwe University has been selected as the Southern Nigeria centre for the second 2026 Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Orientation Programme, strengthening its role in preparing foreign-trained pharmacists for professional practice in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s anti-drug strategy is placing greater emphasis on tracing and disrupting the money behind trafficking networks. Here is what the shift means, how asset recovery works and what it could change.
Nigeria’s malaria programme has responded to a major US CDC treatment update, clarifying that the five-day artemether-lumefantrine regimen applies to the US and does not change Nigeria’s current three-day ACT recommendation.
