By Peter Duru, Makurdi The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has called for rapid action, increased state leadership and more collective efforts to end the menace of open defecation in Benue state. The world body observed that it was only through such concerted effort that the state would be able to achieve Open Defecation Free, […]

By Funmi Ajumobi Offenses committed by children can be traced to neglect by parents and society and can be remedied if parents and guardians are educated on how to raise the children. Speaking with stakeholders in Oshodi and Mushin Local Governments on Diversion Community Rehabilitation Programme, at the Fountain Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos, recently, the […]

The Kaduna State Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have taken steps to improve the wellbeing of children in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Planning and Budget Commission, Mr Mahmoud Yamusa, made this known in Zaria, at the opening of a two-day workshop to review the draft Situation Analysis (SitAn) of Children in […]

…calls for strengthening of routine immunisation By Fortune Eromosele The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children Fund, on Tuesday, lauded Nigeria over its recent achievement. The country was declare polio free along with other Africa countries. Reacting, WHO said achieving this milestone is not the end, as children under five years must continue […]

By Joseph Erunke THE World Health Organisation, WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, have congratulated Nigeria on being declared free of wild polio virus. The global organisations equally hailed the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, GPEI, partners in Nigeria who helped the country achieve the feat; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the […]

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is urging the international community to help fund its appeal for 46.7 million dollars to help 100,000 children impacted by the massive blast in Beirut, official said. The UNICEF Lebanon Deputy Representative, Violet Speek-Warnery, said this at a news conference on Friday in Washington. “It has been nearly 10 days […]

As part of activities to mark this year’s World Breastfeeding Week, the Benue state Ministry of Health has commenced aggressive campaigns and sensitization of mothers on the importance and benefits of exclusive breastfeeding.

 By Chioma Obinna As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate this Year’s World Breastfeeding Week starting from August to 7th, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF has urged mothers to continue to breastfeed their babies while observing all necessary safety and hygiene precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNICEF stressed that the COVID-19 […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, Tuesday donated 5,000 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH, kits and 100 Touchless Hand Washing Stations as COVID-19 interventions to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camps in Benue state.

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has identified the COVID-19 pandemic as a major challenge in the execution of its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene WASH intervention among others.

ABUJA-THE United Nation’s Children Fund,has urged Nigeria to seize the current moment to vaccinate children or risk them to what it called “uncertain future and possibly dire health prospects.”

The traditional ruler and District Head of Ankpa/Wadata in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Chief Samuel Iortim Asema has lauded the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF for supporting the advocacy exposing his subjects to the dangers of gender based violence, the COVID-19 pandemic and also encouraging birth registration among his people.

ABUJA- A total number of 1,496,736 children are currently not enrolled in schools in Kano State, the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has said.

By Femi Bolaji – Jalingo The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has urged the states of Adamawa, Bauchi, and Gombe to domesticate the 2003 Nigeria Child Rights Act, CRA, to create a legal framework for the child justice system in their states. Chief Officer of UNICEF Bauchi Field office, Bhanu Pathak made the plea Tuesday […]

As the world observes this year’s World Environment Day, WED, today, different international agencies have come out with different products, ideas, events and statements that capture the theme of this year’s event, “Celebrate Biodiversity”.