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…
…Spend N100m on child nutrition fund By Rauf Oyewole, Gombe The Gombe State Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have launched a four-year Multi-Sectoral Strategic Plan of Action on Food and Nutrition (GMSPAFN), spanning through 2023-2027 projected to…
UNICEF is collaborating with Gombe State to develop a four-year Action Plan to reduce the number of out-of-school children in the state. Its Education Specialist in the state, Mr Abdulraham Ado, made this known when he spoke with newsmen in…
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has revealed that recent attacks on schools, particularly in the North East and North West regions in 2021, have led to learning disruptions for over 1.3 million children, necessitating precautionary school closures. This is…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday appealed for nearly 2 billion dollars to provide lifesaving assistance to more than 24 million boys and girls across West and Central Africa in 2024. It projected that 46.7 million children in the…
By Sodiq Adelakun In a sobering report coinciding with World Children’s Day 2023, the United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that climate change has displaced approximately 650,000 Nigerian children between 2016 and 2023. Nigeria now ranks as the…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria, as the second most vulnerablecountry worldwide in terms of children’s exposure to climate change, has over 110 million children confrontedwith harsh realities of rising temperatures. This is contained in a statement on Monday…
