As the world marks World Health Day 2025 under the theme “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures”, the United Nations and World…
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As the world observes the International Day of the Girl Child, calls for action have arisen to support and empower…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concerns over the potential health crisis looming in Nigeria, where 200 million…
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday enacted a law banning child marriage, under which offenders will face penalties…
Stakeholders from four states in the North-West region gathered in Katsina to discuss how to tackle the problem of children…
$306 million has been launched to address the food security and nutrition crisis expected in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY)…
The situation regarding the shortage of essential drugs for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State has become increasingly concerning,…
The Federal Government, along with UNICEF and the Government of the Netherlands, has completed projects to help nearly a million…
UNICEF is working with Gombe State to make a plan for four years. This plan will help reduce the number…
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund UNICEF, gave a new hospital to the Borno State government. It’s called a Primary…
On Wednesday, more than 300 leaders from primary and secondary schools and members of school-based management committees (SBMCs) in Misau…
The State Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Professor Baba Malam Gana, shared on Thursday that the United Nations Children…
In Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states, over 60% of schools don’t have enough qualified teachers, says the United Nations International…
The recent disclosure by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) through its Communication Specialist, Samuel Kaalu that over 11,500 schools…
Women and girls are more than one million of the two million people currently displaced within South Sudan. Latest information…
It is certainly news of the most disturbing kind that the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, recently said that with…
A two-day national media dialogue on COVID- 19, has ended in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria, with the need stressed for intensified…
Across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, 266,000 cases of grave violations against children have been verified by…
Tens of thousands of families are fleeing Afghanistan in search of a safer place since the use of explosive weaponry…
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it is extremely alarmed by last Thursday killing of over 200 people, including more…
Ahead of South Sudan’s milestone anniversary on Friday, July 9, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has found a record 4.5…
The number of migrant children in Mexico is increasing sharply, jumping from 380 to nearly 3,500 since the beginning of…
Nearly six months since conflict erupted, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says disturbing reports have continued to emerge of widespread…
One in eight countries are currently spending more on debt than on social services, according to a new report from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The…
Ahead of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem, and her UNICEF…
In most countries where schools are yet to reopen because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are growing concerns that girls…
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 800,000 children will suffer acute malnutrition in the North-East axis of Nigeria this year.…
By the turn of this 2020, the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria is expected to hit over 26 million.…
There are some underlining reasons why the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, is moving against Governor…
The ongoing looting of food items by hoodlums across Nigeria masquerading as EndSARS protesters tends to mirror the depth of…
