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UNIBEN Logo The University of Benin, Benin City, Edo state is the only pharmacy school accredited to award the Pharm. D. degree in Nigeria which span a period of six years. The school, also known as UNIBEN is a federal university whose history dates back to 1970 when it first started as an Institute of Technology. This was not for a long time before it became a university in 1971. It has two campus located at Ugbowo which is the main campus and Ekenwan.

NAFDAC registration The way pharmacist seeks for information on how to start a new business is encouraging. In this blog, I have covered how to start a community pharmacy business and a patent medicine shop. In this post, I will focus more on how to import drugs into the country. Most at times, an importer technically becomes the mega-distributor. There are four chains in the new line of drug distribution in Nigeria which is; Manufacturer/importer Mega distribution centres Coordinated whole sales centres Wholesales centers State drug distribution centres To start an import/distribution business of drugs in Nigeria, the pharmacist must work hand in hand with three regulatory bodies. They are the Pharmacists Council Of Nigeria (P.C.N), the National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (N.A.F.D.A.C) and finally the Cooperate Affairs Commission (C.A.C). Read Also:  Tips On Starting Off A Community Pharmacy Shop In Nigeria Normally, a pharmacist who wants to i...

Delsu Logo The number of accredited schools offering pharmacy programme as at today is seventeen. However, a point to note is that this number keeps fluctuating year in year out as some schools lose accreditation from Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (P.C.N) and National Universities Commission (N.U.C). The number has increased fairly over the years as more schools indicate interest in offering the course. The point to note is that schools that are currently offering the programme and have not gotten accreditation are not on this list. For a complete list of accredited schools of pharmacy, consider reading the post on this blog about undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in pharmacy school. Read Also:  Undergraduate And Postgraduate Courses Offered In Accredited Schools Of Pharmacy In Nigeria Pharmacy aspirants most times ask many questions pertaining the programme. Some even specify how the programme is in each school. This is going to be the first in a series of post...

Pharmacy student and the difficult pharmacy programme The truth is that most pharmacy students have little or no idea how difficult or hard the course will be. The thought was always to learn about drugs and diseases together with the anatomy of the human body. The examinations question should be on how drugs work for diseases. The whole truth came crashing on us all gradually and it was too late to think.

Parboiled rice Sometimes, the post in this blog is because of life experience. This post is a perfect example of that. Some of the bag of rice in Nigeria carry the label ‘premium parboil.’ My neighbour measured some quantity from her bag of rice and wants to cook it. She has to soak it in water before watching it, light the cooking gas, place a clean cooking pot on the fire, added the rice with some quantity of water. Some few minutes later, she brought the whole stuff down. As I was watching, she filtered out the water and transferred the rice back to the pot adding fresh water. After some more minutes, she brought the whole pot down.

This post is going to cover three things. The history of Delta State University, history of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Delta State University and the seventh induction/oath taking ceremony of Delta State University Faculty of Pharmacy, Abraka. History of Delta State University, Delsu The Delta State University, Abraka is popularly known as Delsu. It is a state-owned university. It has three campuses scattered across the state. The main campus is in Abraka while satellite campuses is in Oleh and Anwai. Abraka campus has three sites. There are about eleven faculties in Delsu with Abraka having six. Oleh runs two and Anwai takes care of the remaining three. Read Also:  Pharmacy Induction/Oath Taking Ceremony In Nigeria Universities It all started in the colonial era to post-colonial era as a centre of education. It is the then Government Teachers’ Training College (T.T.C). When the institution started awarding Nigerian Certificate of Education (N.C.E) in the year 1971 – 1985, it ...

Project defence is a compulsory task in pharmacy school. Project defence can be internal and external. Internal is not always compulsory. However, both are technically the same. The major difference is that while the internal defence is before a panel of judges made up of lecturers from the department, in addition to the departmental lecturers, an external defence consist of an external professor as the supervisor. The external supervisor comes from another school. However, it is not always the case as external supervisor will be alone with the student.

Field trip report My field trip report was very good in my eyes back in the days. Many years later, I laugh when I consider it again. Imagine the face of the supervisor as he reads through. The only consolation I gave him was the little jokes in between. It was funny and at the same time horrible. Do not ask me about the grades. Lol.

Pharmacy degree The basic requirement to register as a pharmacist in Nigeria is an undergraduate degree. However, there are presently two types of an undergraduate degree in Nigeria. They are B. Pharm and Pharm. D. The meaning of B. Pharm is a bachelor of pharmacy. It is very common to come across the word B. Pharm undergraduate regular. A student who undergo a full-time programme receive this award. There is no part-time in the pharmacy of which it would have been undergraduate part-time.

Pharmacy postgraduate courses  To practice as a pharmacist in Nigeria, one has to study in an accredited university of pharmacy. The study programme is long and practically impossible for anyone to learn everything the profession has to offer. This ranges from the undergraduate and postgraduate study. There are more than 100 accredited universities by National Universities Commission (N.U.C). Of them, just 22 offer pharmacy programmes according the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria ( The P.C.N.) website. Courses each university offer varies and changes year in year out. This is because these universities grow with time. However, this post will list out the the universities that offer pharmacy course as a degree. Undergraduate degree in pharmacy is presently two in Nigeria. This is not the case in United States Of America (U.S.A) where they are presently phasing out one of them. However, without wasting much time, let us see the universities. Universities That Offers B. Pharm...