The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has advocated for digital birth registration for children in Nigeria. Celine Lafoucriere, Chief of UNICEF Field Office for South-West, said this at a two-day media dialogue on e-birth registration on Tuesday in Lagos, the media…
UNICEF on Wednesday urged states in Nigeria to urgently provide their counterpart funding to access Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) in an effort to save about nine million children from malnutrition. “Without urgent action in 2024, UNICEF estimates that approximately nine…
Following the outbreak of cholera in Lagos and some states, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for extensive measures to protect school children. The UN organisation also called for concerted efforts to prevent disruption in the academic calendar…
Following the outbreak of cholera in Lagos and some states, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for extensive measures to protect school children. The UN organisation also called for concerted efforts to prevent disruption in the academic calendar…
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) says recurrent cholera outbreaks in the Nigeria are critically affecting children and the population at large. This is contained in a statement by Celine Lafoucrier, Chief of Lagos UNICEF Field Office, on Saturday in…
The Yobe Government has refuted claims of a mysterious ailment responsible for the deaths of 200 youths in Potiskum and Nangere over the past fortnight. Dr. Mohammed Gana, the Commissioner for Health, addressed the media on Monday in Damaturu, stating…
The United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF), says about 75.2 per cent of children in Katsina State are multidimensionally poor, and are experiencing deprivation in at least three dimensions of wellbeing. The UNlCEF at the same time said the children were…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has encouraged caregivers in Katsina, Kano and Jigawa States to present their eligible children for the next round of polio vaccination exercise. Mr Michael Banda, the Officer-in-charge of UNICEF Kano Field Office, made the…
By Rauf Oyewole, Gombe The WASH Specialist, The UNICEF WASH Specialist in Nigeria, Jonathan Ekhator, has disclosed that over 997,000 residents of two selected local councils in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states have been provided with safe drinking water. He…
By Rauf Oyewole, Bauchi The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, have trained 40 women on basic education to reduce the level of illiteracy. During a one-day workshop for women on…
