Nigeria, March 25 -- Nigeria recorded 440,000 tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2025, but health authorities warn that thousands of infections remain undiagnosed, posing a continued public health threat.

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, disclosed this during a ministerial press briefing to mark the 2026 World TB Day in Abuja on Tuesday. The event also featured the launch of the Multisectoral Accountability Framework for TB (MAF-TB), designed to track commitments and improve coordination across all levels of government.

Mr Salako said TB case notifications rose significantly from 138,591 in 2020 to 440,000 in 2025.

He attributed the increase to strategic expansion of diagnostic networks, especially the GeneXpe...