The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has announced an extension for payment of the 2025 Practising Licence fees for medical practitioners in the country. The new deadline set for 7 January 2025, includes a waiver of the late payment surcharge for those who missed the original 31 December 2024 deadline. In a statement, the council explained that the …

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has accredited Medicine for Novena University/Asaba Specialist Hospital. This feat was achieved through the commitment, drive, and resilience of Provost of the College of Medical and Health Sciences at Novena University, Prof. Charles Ofili; and Chief Medical Director of Asaba Specialist Hospital, Dr. Peace Ighosewe, and the prompt intervention of Delta State …

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), the body saddled with the responsibility of approving medical programmes in Nigerian universities, has accredited the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme at the state-owned Bayelsa Medical University (BMU). The approval enables the medical students in the university to participate in Part One of the MBBS examination. The MDCN …

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has advised new medical students against leaving the country without doing their housemanship. The Registrar of the MDCN, Dr Tajudeen Sanusi, gave this advice at the first and second induction ceremony of students of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State into the medical and dental profession. No fewer than 62 …

No fewer than 433 out of the 836 foreign-trained medical graduates who sat the qualifying examination organised by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) failed, according to The PUNCH. The qualifying examination was held at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital between 22 and 23 November 2023. The assessment for the foreign-trained medical graduates was in a Computer Based …

Five hundred and twenty nine foreign-trained medical and dental graduates failed the assessment examination conducted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), according to the council’s examination report obtained on Sunday. The two-day assessment examination was conducted on Wednesday, 12th July and Thursday, 13th July 2023, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan in Oyo State. The MDCN said …