Lagos allays fear over HIV figures, begins first state-funded ARV procurement

Lagos State government has dismissed widespread reports suggesting the state recorded the highest number of new HIV infections in Nigeria in 2025, insisting that the figures had been misinterpreted and do not reflect fresh infections.
At a press briefing in Ikeja, Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA), Dr. Folakemi Animashaun, said the controversial figure of 10,430 widely reported in the media represents newly diagnosed HIV-positive cases, not people who became infected with HIV during 2025.
She explained that many of those diagnosed may have contracted the virus years earlier but only recently got tested, while others came to Lagos from different sta...