The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the Federal Government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, following the rescue of abducted 39 pupils and 5 teachers in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The UNICEF delegation, led by Catherine Russell, the Executive Director Mission...
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Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has outlined the programmes and initiatives currently being executed by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT to restore and strengthen the future of the Nigerian child. According to him, a generation of children unsure of their place in a changing world is...
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that the number of children whose births are officially registered in Nigeria within the past two years has increased significantly to 14million. The UNICEF, Country Representative to Nigeria, Ms Wafaa Saeed Abdelatef disclosed this on during a courtesy visit to the First...
Democratic Republic of Congo is grappling with its most devastating cholera outbreak in a quarter-century, with close to 2,000 lives lost since January, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed on Monday. The agency warns that the crisis is escalating rapidly, hitting children the hardest. In one shocking incident detailed...
A new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has delivered a stark warning: one out of every five children on the planet is growing up in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $3 a day. Released on Thursday, the report shows that the burden of deprivation falls...
Taraba State Government has launched an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 1.6 million children against Measles-Rubella, set to run from October 18–27, 2025. The initiative aims to bolster child health and curb vaccine-preventable diseases across the state. Chido Zakari, representing the Director of the Taraba State Primary Healthcare Development Agency...
The World Health Organisation (WHO), announced on Sunday that vaccination of frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus disease had begun in Bulape health zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province where an outbreak of the disease has been declared. It said...
In a major push to combat child malnutrition, the Plateau State Government, in partnership with UNICEF, has launched the distribution of 5,392 cartons of Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (SQ-LNS), targeting over 80,000 children between 6 to 23 months across the state. The official handover ceremony, held at the Government...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Gombe State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has launched a five-day technical workshop in Jos, Plateau State, to train budget officers on the preparation of the 2026–2028 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), and Budget Policy Statement...
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has strongly condemned a recent attack in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, which resulted in the deaths of 450 civilians, including 35 children. The attack, which occurred over the weekend in communities around the city of Bara, has left many more injured and missing. UNICEF...
Following a successful first phase that supported over 150,000 beneficiaries, including under-five children, pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls, out-of-school children, and food-insecure households in Northeast Nigeria, the launch of a second phase of the resilience and peacebuilding project in the region has been announced. The programme is funded...
On February 6, the world marked the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. It is a day dedicated to raising awareness about the harmful practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and advocating for its eradication. This year’s theme, “Step Up the Pace”, urged greater action to...
An outbreak of diphtheria has been confirmed in Edo State, resulting in two fatalities. Edo’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Cyril Oshiomhole, revealed this on Tuesday in Benin during an emergency response meeting. The action follows confirmation from the University of Benin Teaching Hospital of five diphtheria cases, including the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Government, in collaboration with UNICEF and funding from ELEVA Foundation, has commissioned a digital village at the Sultan Maccido Institutes for Qu’ran and General Studies. This pioneering initiative aims to bridge the digital divide and provide Almajiri and out-of-school adolescent girls with...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – As part of efforts to improve public health, environmental sustainability, and eliminate open defecation, the Plateau State Government has adopted a comprehensive Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) strategy, with support from UNICEF and key sanitation experts. The decision was announced during a stakeholders’ engagement held...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN) agencies with DRC Monay launched three Initiatives worth €60 Million in Sokoto with the aim of enhancing social protection, access to health and resilience-building in the state. The launch officially done by Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has described vaccines used in immunisation efforts as “sustainable” adding that they have saved six lives every minute over the last five decades. UNICEF’s Chief, Enugu Field Office, Mrs Juliet Chiluwe, said this at a virtual media dialogue with journalists in Owerri, on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Journalists in Sokoto State have appealed to the state government to possibly pass a law making polio and other vaccines non compliance a criminal offence. This, according to the media professionals could possibly be the only workable solution should the state wants a permanent...
No fewer than 68,000 children is expected to be vaccinated in Plateau against Polio, by the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF Bauchi Field Officer, Ms Nuzhat Rafique, disclosed this on Wednesday in Jos, during an advocacy visit to the Gbong Gwom Jos, Jacob Buba. Rafique said that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Board ( BSPHCDA) in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Rotary International have organized a one day round table discussions with journalists for the Big- Catch-Up (BCU) for the round table campaign (RTC) Round 3. The...