Nigerian govt, UNICEF begin process of reopening schools
The Federal Ministry of Education in conjunction with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, Committee on Safe School Re-opening, on ...
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PHOTOS: Masked-up volunteers set to clean Beirut
A number of volunteers equipped with facemasks and brooms have set out to clean-up communities affected by the recent Beirut ...
UNICEF urges Nigerian govt to resume routine immunisation despite COVID-19
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has called for the reinforcement of routine immunisation in Nigeria in spite of the ...
COVID-19 may push millions of children into child labour – ILO, UNICEF
The International Labour Organisation, ILO, and UNICEF say millions of children risk going into child labour as a result of ...
COVID-19: UNICEF lauds Kaduna govt over provision of nutritional services to women, children
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, on Tuesday commended the Kaduna State Government for providing uninterrupted quality nutritional services for ...
WHO advises Africa to use Ebola response experience in tackling COVID-19
The World Health Organisation, WHO, Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has advised African countries to draw lessons from ...
COVID-19 pandemic infecting billions of children without clean water, says UN
UN agencies warn that the Coronavirus pandemic creates risks for billions of people who cannot wash their hands properly, and ...
COVID-19: Iran calls for international medical emergency
The Iranian Embassy in Seoul on Monday said Tehran “welcomes” international medical assistance to help fight the new coronavirus, amid ...
Violence against women, girls still common globally – UNICEF
A new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has revealed that violence against women and girls is still ...
UNICEF takes open defecation, sanitation campaign to Plateau, sensitizes over 208 communities
The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, said it had sensitised no fewer than 208 communities in Kanam Local Government Area ...
Katsina has over 946,000 out-of-school children — UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says no fewer than 946,000 children are out of formal school education system in ...
Banditry: Katsina, UNICEF partner to rehabilitate victims
The Katsina State government has said that it is partnering with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, to rehabilitate and ...
700 Kogi teachers trained on coding
No fewer than 700 teachers in Kogi are undergoing training on “Coding’ in Information Communication Technology, ICT, to mark the ...
34,000 children face acute malnutrition in Taraba — UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has said that over 34,000 children in Taraba faced severe acute malnutrition, if serious ...
Cancer treatment funding to be included in Kebbi’s 2020 budget – Bagudu
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has pledged to make provision in the 2020 budget to tackle cancer diseases and ...
EU donates N102m to tackle malnutrition in Sokoto, Zamfara
he European Union, EU, is allocating an additional €300 000 (N102m) in humanitarian aid to provide life-saving treatment to undernourished ...
30 percent of children in North-West are out of school ― UNICEF
Muntaka Muktar, Field officer, United Nations Children Education Fund, UNICEF, has said that more than 30 per cent of children ...
UNICEF, NPC to issue birth certificates to children in Jigawa
The National Population Commission, NPC, is set to collaborate with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, on issuance of birth ...
Nigeria ranks second in open defecation – UNICEF
Nigeria has been ranked second among countries practicing open defecation globally, says the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF.
Over 1m children out of school in Kano – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund’s, UNICEF, representative in Kano State, Peter Hawkins has said no fewer than one million children ...
UNICEF donates N54m worth of water treatment chemicals to Borno
United Nation Children Fund, UNICEF, on Friday donated water treatment chemicals worth N54 million to Borno State Government as part ...
Open defecation: FG, UNICEF solicit media support on Clean-up Nigeria Campaign
The Federal Government and the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, say they will engage the media in the Clean-up Nigeria ...
UNICEF to create child-friendly communities in Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau
Bauchi Field Office of the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, says it is targeting the next six months to begin ...
Majority of Kano beggars, out-of-school children not indigenes, Ganduje says
Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano State has said that majority of out-of-school children in the state are not its indigenes, ...
