Health

By Alimi Michael The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has shut down 571 pharmacies and medicine shops in Bauchi State for selling counterfeit, expired, and illicit drugs. This action spanned 10 local government areas, as revealed by Pharm. Stephen Esumobi, PCN Director of Enforcement, during a press briefing in Bauchi. …

The Bauchi State government has announced it will shut down all Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the state on August 1, the day of the Endbadgovernancein Nigeria protest. Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Board, made this announcement on Tuesday in Bauchi. He stated that …

By Taiwo Niyi Media practitioners in Nigeria have been urged to prioritise self-care and manage themselves like businesses to enhance their mental and physical well-being. This call was made by Kofoworola Bello-Osagie, a development journalist and WSCIJ/ReportWomen Fellow, during a one-day Media Personnel Advocacy Roundtable held at City-In-Hotel, G.R.A. Ilorin, …

Lami Victor KADUNA Health workers in Kaduna State have commenced a five-day warning strike. A visit by our correspondent to several public hospitals revealed that only doctors and laboratory technicians were on duty. Many patients had been discharged as nurses, who are on strike, were unavailable to care for them. …