Lagos State has extended the blood pressure and diabetes screening by another one week. The second leg of the exercise ended on Sunday, 17 November 2024 but government reconsidered another extension owing to what the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi described as “overwhelming response” from the public, which made it clear that extending the campaign further would allow even …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has sacked the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samuel Alli, with immediate effect. According to a statement on Monday by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, the governor directed Alli to hand over all government documents and resources in his possession to the most senior civil servant within the ministry. Ogie …