By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Discrimination against children based on ethnicity, language, and religion are rife in countries worldwide, according to a new UNICEF report published ahead of World Children’s Day. A statement issued by UNICEF Executive Director, Ms Catherine Russell said ,” Systemic racism and discrimination put children...
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World Health Organisation (WHO) says 779 million people around the world lack basic access to safely managed sanitation services. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, said this on Friday in her message to commemorate the World Toilet Day (WTD). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
THE Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the lack of access to healthcare is the main factor contributing to high maternal, infant and under five mortality in the country. He said this during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ministerial forum in Abuja. NAN reports that the latest...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Early child education or learning as entrenched in the second target of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 is geared toward ensuring that, by 2030, “all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready...
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says overwhelming flooding has affected no fewer than 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide. According to the UN agency, the number of children affected by flooding in Chad, Gambia, Pakistan and northeast Bangladesh is the highest in over 30 years. UNICEF, in statement...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) says it was relieved by the news of the release of 21 abducted children on Sunday at a farm in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, “We commend the authorities for the action taken to release...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Yola – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri for signing Child Protection Law in the state. Ms. Cristian Munduate, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, gave the commendation in a statement issued ay the UNICEF Communication Officer, Borno State, Ms...
By OBINNA EBIRIM – In March 2022, Australia’s total population was approximately 25 million. This figure is the same number of children who are at risk of death from vaccine-preventable diseases in 2021. Between 2019 and 2020 the number of unvaccinated children due to missed vaccine doses in routine...
More than 2.5 million people in Nigeria need humanitarian assistance, 60 per cent of which include children at increased risk of waterborne diseases, UNICEF has announced. A statement by the UNICEF on Friday in Abuja, said the floods, which affected 34 out of the 36 states in the country,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that about 64 per cent of Nigerian children between 0 to 5 years of age do not attend Early Childhood Education (ECE), which the UN agency said is a critical foundation for all forms of child learning....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- The Cross River State Government is set to immunized over 700,000 children against measles across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state. The Director General of the Cross River State primary Health Care Development Agency (CRPHCDA), Janet Ekpeyong disclosed this in Calabar on Wednesday...
The Canadian Government has announced a three million dollars assistance to the Bauchi State Government to enhance women engagement in health service delivery The Head, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bauchi Field Office, Mr Tushar Rane disclosed this when a UNICEF and Global Affairs Canada joint team visited Gov....
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday warned that thousands of severely malnourished boys and girls in Somalia were at risk of dying, urging donors to step up support amid historic drought. UNICEF’s spokesperson, James Elder told, journalists in Geneva that without greater action and investment, “we are facing the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Participants at the national conference on out-of-school children in Nigeria have called for political will, consistency in policy delivery and good leadership in tackling the Out-Of-School Children (OOSC) menace confronting the nation. The stakeholders also called for adequate and consistent funding as well as...
The war in Ukraine and rising inflation has pushed an addition four million children across eastern Europe and Central Asia into poverty. The United Nations Children’s agency UNICEF said in a report released on Monday. The figure, representing a 19 per cent increase since 2021, showed that children were...
Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications in partnership with UNICEF on Wednesday said it was set to roll out a digital learning initiative to connect 100,000 children in Nigeria. Airtel Africa’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Segun Ogunsanya, said in a statement that the 100,000 children would be...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna- Worried by the plight of the girl child in the country, concerned citizens in Kaduna state, have called on the state government, policy makers, groups and public-spirited individuals to place high premium on girl’-child education, as the world marks the 10th anniversary of the International...
By SAID ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal Government and UNICEF on Friday signed an agreement on the protection and welfare of children encountered by Nigerian security agencies during military operations. The handover protocol is the first civil human rights instrument to specifically cover the transfer, custody, and care of...
The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Faruk Umar-Faruk, says Katsina State is not backward in terms of girl-child education as it is being perceived in some quarters. The emir made the statement when he received members of Girl Education Project (GEP-3) who were on a follow- up visit to his...
The Federal Government, in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), has inaugurated a National Roadmap on Hand Hygiene for All. The roadmap gives direction for collaborative efforts to implement the Sanitation and Hygiene programmes under the UN Sustainable Development Goal six....