The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried the continued closure of schools in “too many countries” on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency said this was in spite of increasing evidence that schools were not drivers of the pandemic. UNICEF also pointed out “overwhelming evidence” of the impact […]

An estimated 10.4 million children in seven countries, including Nigeria, will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Wednesday. “As 2021 approaches, UNICEF is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition next year in those countries,” […]

Providing aid to millions of children uprooted by the ongoing crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must be a priority, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, said on Tuesday. Fighting between regional and government forces began in November, displacing people within the northern province and pushing thousands more to seek […]

The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF has condemned the last Friday’s attack by bandits on boarding students of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, northwest Nigeria.

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has advocated for the prosecution of people still involved in the age-old practice of female genital mutilation in the Ekiti state. The head of UNICEF for Ekiti, Osun, Oyo states, Mrs Aderonke Olutayo who frowned at the continuous practise of the act in the […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano Kano State government says it has disbursed over N100 million school improvement grants from the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF to not fewer than 720 primary and Integrated Qur’anic and Islammiyya Schools in the state. The Director Planning Research and Statistics, Kano State Qur’anic and Islammiyya School Management Board, QISMB, […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano Kano State government says it has disbursed over N100 million school improvement grants from the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF to not fewer than 720 primary and Integrated Qur’anic and Islammiyya Schools in the state. The Director Planning Research and Statistics, Kano State Qur’anic and Islammiyya School Management Board, QISMB, […]

By Chioma Obinna To mark the 2020 World Children’s Day, the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has urged Nigeria to listen to children and young people as well as take action to re-imagine their future.  It further insisted that Nigeria must listen to the demands of children and young people for a change. Meanwhile, some […]

By Joseph Erunke The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has identified parents, teachers, caregivers as well as neighbours as major perpetrators of violence against children in Nigeria. The global child rights agency, speaking yesterday, in a keynote address through its Child Protection Specialist, Dr. Olasunbo Odebode, regretted that perpetrators of violence against children were usually […]

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that more than 348,000 children out of 1.2 million people, need humanitarian assistance in Libya, due to the impact of the prolonged armed conflict, political and economic crises and the COVID-19 pandemic. It also said that US$49.1 million is needed by the agency itself together with its partners […]

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged Congolese to end open defecation, the agency’s representative in Congo, Micaela Marques de Sousa, said Thursday in Brazzaville, pointing out that more than 470,000 Congolese continue to engage in the practice. “Sanitation is not a privilege. Defecation in the open air is a social dilemma detrimental to the […]

Says pandemic threatens to cause irreversible harm to children’s education, nutrition, well-being By Chioma Obinna As Nigerians joined the rest of the world to mark World Children’s Day, a new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF has warned of significant and growing consequences for children as the COVID-19 pandemic lurches toward a second […]

…launches Benue State ODF Roadmap BY Peter Duru, Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has approved the release of the sum of N100million as government’s commitment towards the implementation of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH, programme in the state. The Governor also expressed hope that the sum would in the near future be […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Kaduna State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Amina Baloni – Mohammed has said that the state  would partner the Paediatric Association of Nigeria, PAN, the UNICEF and other stakeholders to combat pneumonia among children in the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. Dr. Baloni spoke at a press conference to mark […]

By Chioma Obinna To avert major measles and polio epidemics the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization, WHO on Wednesday urged countries including Nigeria to take urgent action that would protect millions of vulnerable children at heightened risk of preventable childhood diseases due to disruptions in immunisation occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic. […]