The Lagos State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with USAID and the Tuberculosis Data, Impact Assessment, and Communications Hub (TB DIAH) project, has launched a state-of-the-art Tuberculosis (TB) Situation Room. The facility, located inside the Global Fund Grant Management Unit Office space at the Folarin Coker Staff Clinic in Alausa-Ikeja, was officially handed over to the Lagos State Government by USAID to enhance the state’s TB data management and decision-making capabilities.
Residents of Lagos were left in shock on Friday when officials of the Lagos State Taskforce apprehended a woman accused of mixing harmful colouring agents with spoiled yam flour to produce contaminated ‘Elubo Isu’ for unsuspecting buyers.
Troops of the 12 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have recorded another significant breakthrough in the ongoing operations to stamp out banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes across Kogi State. Soldiers on patrol successfully foiled an ambush and rescued a kidnapped victim during a coordinated operation around the Oshokoshoko–Obajana axis in Lokoja Local Government Area.