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Over 80 percent of Nigerian children suffer from violence — UNICEF

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2018 0

The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has said over 60 percent of children living in Nigeria suffer from violence, says a Child Protection Specialist of UNICEF, Miss Lady Alabi. Alabi who coordinates UNICEF activities from Bauchi field office also said child violence

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Yellow Fever: WHO to vaccinate one billion people in 27 high risk African countries

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2018 0

The World Health Organisation, WHO has said that nearly one billion people will be vaccinated against yellow fever in 27 high-risk African countries by 2026 with the support from WHO, UNICEF, Gavi (the vaccine Alliance) and other health partners. The WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who disclosed this during a regional meeting with the […]

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My brother killed our parents for refusing B’Haram ideology

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2018 0

Falmata Goni, 30, a mother of 5 witnessed how her younger brother led a gang of insurgents to kill their parents for refusing the group’s ideology. Falmata explained that Bakura (her younger brother) killed their parents at Gulunmba village near Bama town, and later took her to Sambisa forest because he claimed to have inexplicable […]

Health Top Stories

19 million new born babies risk brain damage annually – UNICEF

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2018 0

* 4.3 million babies from South Asia top list. A United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed in a report that nearly 19 million babies born globally every year are at risk of permanent but preventable brain damage and reduced cognitive function due to a lack of iodine in the earliest years of life. […]

Health

Experts, UNICEF proffer solution to worsening child malnutrition in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2018 0

To ensure optimal growth, development and health of every child in the country, healthcare professionals have recommended ways Nigeria could effectively tackle the menace of child malnutrition which a new survey says has worsened. The officially released results of the Fifth Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS5), conducted in 2016 and 2017, shows that malnutrition

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Bende community moves against open defecation with VIP toilets

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2017 0

In response to the UNICEF- sponsored campaign against open defecation in April this year, Ndibe community in Bende Local Government of Area of Abia State has constructed three Ventilation, Improved, Pit, VIP) toilets Located at strategic points in the community for easy accessibility by locals the VIP toilets were constructed jointly by the community. Speaking […]

Health

270,000 Nigerian children living with HIV – UNICEF says

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2017 0

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said that no fewer than 270,000 estimated children aged 0 to 14 years were living with HIV in Nigeria in 2016. The figure represented the lion share of half of the 540,000 total infected children in West and Central Africa over the same year. Nigeria also recorded 37,000 […]

Health

18,000 youths living with HIV/AIDS in Kaduna – UNICEF

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday urged traditional rulers to support efforts aimed at reducing the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among adolescents in Kaduna State. UNICEF’s Communication Specialist in Kaduna, Malam Rabiu Musa, disclosed this at the opening of a two-day workshop to enlighten traditional rulers on the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among

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UNICEF Bags Meant For IDPs Sold In Kano (Photos)

Ihesiulo Grace 31 October 2017 0

UNICEF bags which are meant for internally displaced persons, are reportedly being sold in Kano State. This unpatriotic act was exposed by Twitter user @Habuhk4, who tweeted; “@UNICEF tagged Bags for #IDPs being sold in #Kano was it also made ti be sold or some unpatriotic people make the move #NotAnotherNigerian”

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Nigeria accounts for 20% of Africa’s birth – UNICEF

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2017 0

Nigeria currently accounts for 20 per cent of all the births in Africa, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported. UNICEF, in a report: ‘Generation 2030 Africa 2.0: Prioritising investments in children to reap the demographic dividend’, also said one in every 13 births globally would take place in Nigeria by 2050. UNICEF said special […]

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UNICEF social media platform to engage 2m Nigerian responders

Ihesiulo Grace 26 October 2017 0

U-Report, UNICEF’s unique social media platform to engage with communities on issues that affect them, has surpassed two million registered responders in Nigeria, the UN agency has disclosed. U-Report uses simple Short Message Service (SMS) messages and social media to reach communities around the country and provides an opportunity for community members to share their

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It will take over a century to end child marriage in Africa – UNICEF

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

Myke Uzendu, Abuja with Agency reports THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that it will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa due to high population growth and cultural practices. A report released by the international body revealed that every four in 10 women in West and […]

Politics

President Buhari’s northern Nigerian agenda

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

Clearly, many do not think that President Muhammadu Buhari’s alleged request for the World Bank to concentrate activities in Northern Nigeria is an innocent gaffe. The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, reveals: “In my very first meeting with President Buhari (in 2015), he said specifically that he would like (the World Bank) to shift […]

Health Wellbeing

Over 1 million Nigerians at risk of Cholera outbreak -UN

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2017 0

At least 1.4 million people uprooted by Boko Haram’s insurgency in northeast Nigeria are living in ‘cholera hotspots’, prey to an outbreak of the deadly disease which is sweeping through camps for the displaced, the United Nations said Thursday. According to Reuters’ report, an estimated 28 people have died from cholera in the conflict-hit region, […]

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World Water Day: UNICEF tasks countries on provision of safe water for children

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2017 0

As the world set to mark the World Water Day, The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has called for concerted efforts from countries in providing adequate and portable water for its teeming citizens especially for children lamenting more than 180 million people lack basic drinking water in countries especially ravaged by conflict or unrest. This […]

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UNICEF raises the alarm over rising wave of child bombers in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2017 0

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has raised the alarm over the rise in use of children, especially young girls, as suicide bombers in North-east Nigeria by Boko Haram terrorists,describing it as an atrocity. UNICEF in a statement on Tuesday from Geneva, said in the last few years and so far this year, the number […]

Health

UNICEF to immunise 116 million children in Africa against polio

Ihesiulo Grace 25 March 2017 0

As part of efforts to wipe out polio in Africa, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says at least 116 million children will be immunised from coast to coast across the continent next week, as regional emergency outbreak response intensifies. The exercise according to UNICEF, will be conducted by more than 190 000 polio vaccinators […]

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Nepal Quake Victims Get Aid

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

International rescue and relief teams are converging on Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, even as hopes fade that more survivors will be found in the aftermath of a massive quake Saturday that has claimed more than 3,700 lives. The capital’s airport was so congested with military planes attempting to land that a flight carrying 70 members of […]

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Five Dead in Mogadishu Restaurant Blast

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

At least five people were killed Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a busy restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. A VOA reporter on the scene says two women were among those who died in the blast. A doctor with the city’s ambulance service, Dr. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Aden, tells VOA’s Somali Service that another […]

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Security Council Condemns Al Shabaab Attack against UNICEF in Garowe, Somalia

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2015 0

The members of the Security Council are outraged by Tuesday’s attack against a United Nations vehicle in Garowe, Somalia, for which Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility and which has caused numerous deaths and injuries. The members of the Security Council condemned this appalling act in the strongest terms. The members of the Security Council offered […]