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UI logo The University of Ibadan is the first university in Nigeria. It was established in 1948. College of the University of London is the previous name before 1962. The academic programmes that started the school include arts, science, and medicine. It is presently running with 13 faculties including pharmacy that came on board in 1980/81. The pioneer Vice-Chancellor (V.C) and dean are Prof. Olayide and Prof. D. T. Okpako respectively. It was part of basic medical sciences and college of medicine. Prof. Okpako was also the Head of Department (H.O.D) of pharmacology and therapeutics. The department was further split into two in 1981/82 and 4 in 1982/83. Accreditation came in 1983 after the visitation from pharmacists’ board of Nigeria (P.B.N) (presently pharmacists’ council of Nigeria, P.C.N) in 1981 and 1983. It became a faculty that same year during the tenure of prof. A. A. Olaniyi as the dean. Read Also:  University Of Port Harcourt Pharmacy, UNIPORT Programme The Mo...

Water ‘Water no get enemy!’ We all use water every day, for one thing, all the other. It is a necessity of life. The major thing we do with water is drinking and bathing and it affects our health in several ways. That is why this post is very timely especially considering the fact that the weather coming is a peculiar one. That is the harmattan season, which comes with the dry wind with hot sun.

This is the first post on pharmacy school I have not formally been two-semester. The information in this post will use online research. Madonna University is a private Catholic university in Nigeria. It is one of the youngest in Nigeria with the faculty of pharmacy. It is founded on May 10, 1999, in Okija, Anambra State. The founding father is Father Edeh. He is also the founder of our saviour institute of science and technology the previous year in Enugu.

Gain weight Go to major health blogs in Nigeria, visit herbal traditional healers and health seminars and you will notice that one of the topics freely discuss is the issue of obesity. This is a very rampant situation. Health experts always talk about the problem it generates and solution to the problem. However, there is a silent trouble hardly discussed in Nigeria. That is the opposite of obesity, which does not even have a name, slimness. This is because it is not believed to be a health problem.

Pharmacy Internship Getting a placement for pharmacy internship is a traumatizing experience. Fresh graduates spend time and resources including the risk of getting a placement when they travel to centers. Not the regulatory body, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (P.C.N), nor the government have plans in motion for these newcomers in the profession. This is why they, pupil pharmacist, are left to their fate to hustle for a placement. Since the working condition and salary of the different centres varies, pupil pharmacists throng to centres with a better working condition and pay.

Nigerians on a general note do not learn about how to prevent some problems. Bringing topics that seem to be on prevention of some problems present an avenue for them to label you as one with little faith. They believe that if you talk about some topics, the problem will hit you hard. Instead, you will hear God forbid.