Malawi on Tuesday received a consignment of 2.9 million doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) for a single dose reactive campaign to the Cholera outbreak. The recent outbreak has killed over 200 people since the country reported the first case…
There are growing fears from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) of over 1.5 million children’s education and health being jeopardized over recent flooding that has affected over 30 states in Nigeria. Although climate change has partly been attributed to…
The war in Ukraine and rising inflation has pushed an addition four million children across Eastern Europe and Central Asia into poverty. The United Nations Children’s agency UNICEF said in a report released on Monday. The figure, representing a 19…
The Kano State Government has revealed that it will collaborate with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to check open defecation. Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmad-Sagagi, said this on Thursday while inaugurating the distribution…
The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) has commended Kebbi State Government for enacting Child Protection Law and urged its full implementation. UNICEF Country representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Birnin…
The United Nations International Children’s Education Fund has lamented that Nigeria has the highest number out of school children in the world. This was disclosed in Sokoto State by the UNICEF Education manager, Sokoto office, Miriam Mareso, who informed that…
The Katsina State Government, in collaboration with UNICEF, has flagged off a “School Enrolment Drive” in two local government areas (LGAs) of the state. Flagging off the campaign on Monday, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Badamasi Lawal, said it would…
The United Nations Children’s Fund has commended the federal government and security agents over the rescue of abducted children in Ondo State. Newsmen reports that the children and some adults were rescued from a church where they were waiting for…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reiterated the need for more investment in teachers, both in time and financial resources, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. UNICEF’s Education Manager, Mrs Manar Ahmed, said this during a…
Katsina State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has integrated over 53,000 ‘ Almajiri’ children into Western Education, the state’s Commissioner of Education, Prof. Badamasi Lawal, said on Friday The commissioner disclosed this when he received…
