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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) have urged drug marketers in Kano to relocate their businesses to the Coordinated Wholesale Centre (CWC) in Dangwauro to curb substandard and falsified medicines (SFs). The agencies made this call at a press briefing on Tuesday in…
20 Sep
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 581 pharmacies and patent medicine shops in Adamawa for breach of operational laws and regulations. READ ALSO:Pharmacy Council takes drive to free Nigeria of illicit drug practices to Kaduna Mr. Stephen Esumobi, Director of enforcement, of the council, disclosed this at a…
12 Sep
Officials of the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) have shut down 666 unregistered pharmacy and patient medicine stores in Kaduna metropolis and Zaria City. The officials addressed a press conference on Thursday, after embarking on an enforcement campaign exercise with security men at the pharmacy and patient medicine stores in Kaduna State. PCN Director of…
24 Aug
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has shut down 405 medicine stores and made arrests of five illegal medicine dealers in Cross River State.The PCN Director Enforcement, Steven Esumobi, disclosed this to newsmen..
26 Jul
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has shut down 571 illegal shops found selling substandard, contraband drugs and operating unapproved premises in local government areas of Bauchi State in one week. Director of Enforcement of the Council, Pharmacist Stephen Esumobi, while briefing journalists at the end of the Council’s monitoring exercise in Bauchi on Thursday,…
7 Apr
Medicine dealers in Kano State have decried what they termed ‘illegal charges’ of N300,000 by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria (PCN) for gaining access to their premises.
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The Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (NMCO), on Tuesday, partnered with the Department of State Services (DSS) to train its staff on cybersecurity. The training emphasized the importance of safeguarding personal and organizational systems against cyber threats. Speaking at the training, Director-General of NMCO, Engr. Obadiah Simon Nkom urged staff to adhere to the cybersecurity guidelines…
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has said that the increasing use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by terrorists, logistics supplies, as well as the support provided to them by informants, are significant obstacles in the fight against terrorism in the country. He described informants and logistics supplies to terrorists as oxygen…
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The acting Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oloyede has inaugurated solar powered water project at Sabon Gari, Zaria, Kaduna state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the borehole project is to strengthen civil-military relations, increase access to clean water and well-being of the community. Oloyede, represented by Commandant, Depot Nigeria Army, Maj.-Gen.…
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Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Mukhtar Maiha has proffered solutions to the lingering challenge associated with farmers-clashes responsible for the loss of lives and properties worth billions of naira in the country. Maiha, who briefed Mr. Wale Raji led House of Representatives committee on Livestock development on Tuesday at the National Assembly complex in…
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Citing the need for increased infrastructural development in the State, the Delta State House of Assembly has jerked up the 2025 budget proposal of N936 billion to N 979 billion earlier presented by the State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori by 7.3 per cent. This increase therefore amounted to 7.3 percent, for the 2025 fiscal year against…
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Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi, has awarded a N1 billion contract for general rehabilitation of Argungu General Hospital in Argungu Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Idris announced this at the flag-off for the construction of 1km road in Argungu town on Tuesday. READ ALSO:Shettima pays glowing…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Mr. Martins Ugwu who impersonated and used the certificate of his ‘best friend’ to secure a job at the Federal Ministry of Health. ICPC, had in February 2016, filed a 7-count charge before Justice Abubakar Idris Kutigi, against Ugwu, for…
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Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Tuesday proposed an ambitious budget of N971bn for the 2025 fiscal year to the Enugu State House of Assembly. Titled "Budget of Exponential Growth and Inclusive Prosperity", Mbah said the proposed estimates comprised N837.9bn Capital Expenditure, representing 86 per cent of the budget estimates, and a Recurrent…
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Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has vowed the commitment of his administration to the development of sports, particularly at the grassroots level. While harping on the 'catch them young' initiative, the governor emphasised the importance of sporting activities in the development of a child. Aiyedatiwa stated this during the formal presentation of the overall…
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Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday, extolled the virtues of the late former Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr. Wantaregh Paul Iyorpuu Unongo, saying he demonstrated that leadership can transcend time and generations. Born on September 26, 1935, Dr. Unongo, a former Minister of Steel Development in the Second Republic, died at the…