At least, ten persons have been reported dead while
others were severely injured after a gas explosion
occurred at Second Coming Gas Plant located on
CMD road in Magodo area of Lagos the state.
It was learnt that the plant reportedly
went up in flames a while ago spreading
fast to other facilities in the
neighbourhood.
Officials of the Federal Road Safety
Commission at the scene were seen
carrying some corpses and those injured
into their vehicles for immediate medical
attention.
Channels reports that the cause of the
inferno is yet to be ascertained.
Officials of the state fire service are still
battling to put the situation under control.
Details later…
A giant ribbon will not hang in front of the White House. No marches
will be held. The lights on the Empire State building will not shine a
special color. Instead, March 24th - World TB Day-is just like most
any other day. Little attention will be paid to the fact that
tuberculosis is now the number one infectious disease killer in the
world.
TB has long been the stepchild of the three major global health
diseases - AIDS, TB and malaria. A major reason why is that TB
primarily impacts people living in poverty, those who are voiceless or
whose voices are simply ignored. It is ironic that a curable disease
remains a disease fighting to gain attention.
It is also ironic that at a time when Ebola and Zika have put our
nation on notice about serious health threats, the same concern is not
given to TB, which can spread like wildfire just by coughing. We need
to look no further than Marion, Alabama to see how quickly TB can
overwhelm a city. TB in Marion is now worsethan in man...
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