Bauchi state government, has with support from the united Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) engaged journalists in a two-day capacity building session to accurately report on adolescent sexual reproductive health (ASRH) and nutrition issues. Our correspondents reports that the program been funded by Global Affairs Canada, was also meant to orient journalists on the current SRH […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated three oxygen concentrators to Yariman Bakura Specialists Hospital Gusau, which part of its efforts to complement government’s healthcare service delivery that aimed at saving the lives of newborn babies. Mr. Isah Ibrahim of UNICEF’s Sokoto Field Office disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists in Gusau […]
In Makurdi’s International Market Camp, suffering hangs thick in the air, as evident as the dust layered on the makeshift beds where Benue’s internally displaced people attempt to rest. Children dart barefoot across refuse-strewn yards, their joyless laughter quickly muted by the cries of new mothers and the weary groans of the ill. These camps, […]
The federal government has launched two new legal instruments to strengthen the administration of justice for children across Nigeria. Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, unveiled the documents on Tuesday in Abuja. The two instruments are; Prosecution Guidelines for Handling Cases Involving Children 2024 and Legal Aid Guidelines for Children in […]
By George Kajo Some humanitarian organizations, including the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)—a special agency of the United Nations and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), have visited the temporary Internally Displaced Persons camp at the Ultra Modern International Market Makurdi Benue state and provided relief and support to victims of the Yelewata […]
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) says recurrent cholera outbreaks in the Nigeria are critically affecting children and the population at large. This is contained in a statement by Celine Lafoucrier, Chief of Lagos UNICEF Field Office, on Saturday in response to cholera outbreak in Lagos and other parts of the country. Lafoucrier said that […]
By Chijioke Njoku The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has urged governments at all levels to tighten up the security of schools as well as improve access to quality learning for children. According to UNICEF safe school data for September 2023, a total of 723 schools have been closed down, and over 40.000 […]
The National Population Commission (NPC) with the support of the United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF), has embarked on birth registration in Katsina State, targeting 797,209 children. Mrs Ogbodo Adaku, UNICEF’s Focal Person disclosed this during the training of some ad-hoc registrants in Katsina on Saturday. According to her, no fewer than 1,083 ad-hoc registrants were […]
By Tom Garba The Adamawa Mass Education Board, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has launched a Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) program, aimed at empowering 3,000 vulnerable youths and women in Hong Local Government Area. This training program, developed by UNICEF and funded by the Government of Germany through KFW, […]
The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has assured the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, of their commitment to support the Humanitarian Response and Poverty Alleviation with 270M USD. They said this when the Country Representative of UNICEF Christian Mundate lead the Chief of Health & HIV/AIDS, Eduardo Celades, to […]
Seek establishment of Family Courts By Doosuur Iwambe The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has said that the non implementation of the Child Rights Act (CRA) by some states is is a tickling time bomb. The UN body also emphasised the need to establish family courts across States in Nigeria in order to improve the […]
BY DOOSUUR IWAMBE The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has said that about 82,000 Nigerian women die yearly from complications from pregnancy or childbirth in the country. It broke it down to 225 women dying every day from maternal mortality, which requires urgent action from the Federal Government and all stakeholders to halt the menace […]
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the fast spreading cholera outbreaks in 11 eastern and southern African countries, calling for an emergency fund to address the situation. The countries are Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. UNICEF, in a statement on […]
By Doosuur Iwambe At least 78 million children in Nigeria are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats, the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has said. In a statement, the UNICEF Nigeria Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Dr. Jane Bevan, noted that one-third of children in Nigeria do not have […]
By Doosuur Iwambe At least 78 million children in Nigeria are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats, the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has said. In a statement, the UNICEF Nigeria Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Dr. Jane Bevan, noted that one-third of children in Nigeria do not have […]
By Doosuur Iwambe The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has collaboratwd with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, to address the menace of child rights violations and poverty in Nigeria. The partnership was officially launched in Abuja on Thursday will receive support from the Federal Government. The UN body disclosed that the partnership will focus […]
*List Adamawa, Sokoto, 4 others most vulnerable By Doosuur Iwambe At least 25 million Nigerians at high risk of food insecurity in between June and August 2023, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. While stressing the need for leaders take urgent action to address the situation, the UN body noted that food insecurity […]
By Godwin Anyebe Telecommunications services provider, Airtel, has partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), under the Re-imagine Education Initiative, designed to connect 620 primary schools in Nigeria to digital learning in the next three months. The partnership, which was signed in Lagos recently, is expected to benefit 300,000 students across the country with […]
By Doosuur Iwambe The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that only one in three children have access to Early Child Education (ECE) in Nigeria. According to the UN body, this represent only 36 per cent of the total child population in the country adding that about 10 million children are not enrolled in […]
By Francesca Iwambe, Abuja The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF and IHS Nigeria, a subsidiary of IHS Towers, have announce an 18-month partnership to help strengthen oxygen supply in hospitals for the treatment of pneumonia, COVID-19 and other hypoxemia disorders, particularlyin newborn babies and pregnant women. This partnership aims to further support the Federal Ministry […]