The Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu has pledged to make funds available to counter cancer diseases and raise more awareness of the scourge in his...
The Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency (NSPHCDA) on Thursday said said that 2,637 children under five years had been cured of Acute Malnutrition since...
THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday urged the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to declare a state of emergency on waste management and open...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNICEF, has said in a report that over 17 million Nigerian children between ages 15 and 17 are...
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has announced its partnership with the Federal Government to put an end to open defecation in the country. UNICEF Communication...
In a bid to curb the menace of street begging, Kano State’s Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has read the riot act to parents in the state who...
Following unending attacks by Boko Haram terrorists, no less than four Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Borno State are currently ‘completely inaccessible’ for humanitarian assistance, the...
A total of 894 children, including 106 girls who were recruited into the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Maiduguri, Borno state were on Friday released....
A new report the United Nations Children and Education Fund, UNICEF, has put the cost of violence against children in Nigeria at a staggering N1.42 trillion....
With 57 percent rate, Ebonyi state has the highest number of out of school children in the southeast. The state government in 2017 and 2018 allocated...
UNICEF, an organ of the United Nations (UN) said on Friday, that the futures of millions of children living in countries affected by armed conflict are...
The Nigerian Army late Friday night backtracked from its decision to suspend UNICEF activities in the North East of Nigeria ravaged by the activities of the...
The Nigerian army has suspended the operations of UNICEF in the north-eastern part of the country, accusing the international humanitarian agency of sabotaging the fight against...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday spoke with Mohammed Liman, father of Hauwa Liman, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) midwife who was slain by Boko...
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram, has carried out its threat and executed Hauwa Leman, an aide worker with the...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has made a strong appeal to the federal government to do everything necessary to prevent the killing of...
A new report has revealed that increase in the number of internally displaced children and a corresponding increase in birth rates have triggered a surge in...
UNICEF said on Friday, that since 2013, more than 1,000 children have been abducted by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, including 276 girls taken from their...
The incidence of violence against children is on the high with concerned groups decrying the alarming increase. The growing scourge has also witnessed the clamour for...
UNICEF reiterates that schools should be safe spaces, and protected at all times. Since the start of the insurgency in 2009, over 2,295 teachers have been...
A report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partner, the Global Alliance of Improved Nutrition (GAIN), has said that insufficient iodine during pregnancy...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says approximately 20,210 babies will be born in Nigeria on New Year’s Day. The UN agency lamented that while many...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday, lamented that since 2014, an estimated 1,500 schools have been targeted by armed groups in northeast Nigeria, causing...
UNICEF is striving to make World Children’s Day an annual signature moment “For children, By children” all over the world. The goal is to make World...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), UNICEF and other key partners have officially released the results of the fifth Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS5), conducted in...
About 3.6 million people, mostly children in crises-ravaged areas of North-East Nigeria are without water and sanitation infrastructure, according to UNICEF. The United Nations agency warned Tuesday,...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday raised concerns over the increase in the use of children, especially girls, as suicide bombers in the North-East...
Half of Nigerian children go through at least one violent experience according to findings of the 2014 Nigeria violence against children survey conducted by the National...
The Senate Adhoc Committee on the Humanitarian Crisis in the North East recently visited Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Borno State. During the visit, Sen...
The United Nations’ (UN) children’s agency, UNICEF, has raised the alarm that the food crisis that Nigeria has been faced with in the past two years,...
The United Nations has announced that it has temporarily stopped delivery of aid materials in Borno State. The suspension comes after Thursday’s attack on a humanitarian...
“My compatriots, It is one year today since our administration came into office. It has been a year of triumph, consolidation, pains and achievements. By age,...
The kids are expected to take the centre stage on Friday at on-going 2016 Access Bank-UNICEF Charity Shield Polo Tournament with a special Children Day event....
A damning allegation by UNICEF reveals that 25 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in the last three months. UNICEF also warns of excessive...
Jose Mourinho’s next managerial role has been revealed, with the Portuguese leading ‘England’ against Claudio Ranieri’s ‘Rest of the World’ side as the former Chelsea bosses...
A disturbing report by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF reveals that more than 50 million Nigerian’s resort to open defecation because they do not have...
The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that no fewer than 10.5 million children are out of school in Nigeria. UNICEF Country Director, Jean...
