AdminFeb 26, 20182 min readUNICEF ranking: Expert attributes high infant mortality to poor economyDr Adegoke Adeyemo, Chairman, Oyo State Hospital Management Board, says poor economic and health situations are responsible for UNICEF’s...
AdminFeb 23, 20182 min readSexual harassment: UNICEF deputy director resignsUNICEF deputy director, Justin Forsyth on Thursday tendered his resignation from the UN children’s agency. His resignation was as a...
AdminFeb 2, 20182 min readBoko Haram: 1,400 Borno schools destroyed, 2.5m kids at risk in North-east – UNICEFThe UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said 1,400 schools have been destroyed in Borno as a result of years of Boko Haram insurgency in the...
AdminJan 2, 20182 min read20,210 babies born in Nigeria on Jan. 1 – UNICEFNigeria would have approximately 20,210 babies born into the country on the New Year’s day. This represents the third largest population...
AdminDec 6, 20173 min read270,000 Nigerian children living with HIV – UNICEFThe UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that no fewer than 270,000 estimated children aged 0 to 14 years were living with HIV in Nigeria...
AdminNov 1, 20172 min read18,000 teenagers live with HIV/AIDS in Kaduna – UNICEFThe United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday urged traditional rulers to support efforts aimed at reducing the high...
AdminOct 10, 20173 min readHealth minister, UNICEF, others urge actions to curb maternal, child mortalityHealth Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Monday remarked that the country’s mortality in children Under-Five “is still very...
AdminMay 8, 20172 min readChibok girls: UNICEF commends FG over release of 82 victimsUNICEF has commended the federal government for the release of 82 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents. President...
AdminOct 18, 20162 min readGirls held by Boko Haram need support to rebuild shattered lives – UNICEFThe United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that Nigerian Government must provide intensive support for the 21 freed Chibok girls to...
AdminAug 25, 20161 min readBoko Haram violence taking “devastating toll” on children – UNICEFBoko Haram Years of violence by Islamist Boko Haram militants have taken a “devastating toll” on children living in the Lake Chad basin,...
AdminJul 30, 20161 min readUNICEF to continue humanitarian work in North East after Boko Haram attack – UNRecall that suspected Boko Haram terrorist had on Thursday ambushed a UNICEF humanitarian convoy, while returning from Bama in Borno...
AdminJul 29, 20161 min readUNICEF temporarily stops aid deliveries due to attack on convoy in BornoReuters quoted UNICEF as saying in a statement that unidentified gunmen attacked the convoy yesterday as it returned to Maiduguri after...
AdminJul 29, 20163 min readNigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Friday morningGood morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers : 1. Indonesia government has executed three Nigerians convicted for drug...
AdminJul 23, 20162 min readUNICEF declares Kaduna malnutrition endemic stateDr Florence Oni, UNICEF, Nutrition Specialist made the declaration while presenting nutrition intervention score card for the last six...
AdminJul 21, 20162 min readAccess Bank MD, Herbert Wigwe promises more support for UNICEF, vulnerable childrenWigwe made the declaration at the 2016 Access Bank Polo Day, in association with Fifth Chukker, at the Guards Polo Club, Windsor, UK last...
AdminJul 20, 20161 min readMalnutrition may kill thousands of children in Borno – UNICEFUNICEF said out of 244,000 children found to be suffering from acute malnutrition in Borno State, almost one in five, or roughly 49,000,...
AdminJul 5, 20162 min readBoko Haram: 50,000 children may starve to death this year in Borno – UNICEFJean who was speaking to newsmen in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital observed that, Northeast Nigeria has been torn apart in the last...
AdminJun 29, 20163 min read69 million children to die, 167 million will live in poverty by 2030 – UNICEFUNICEF further disclosed that 167 million children would live in poverty, and 750 million women would have been married as children by...
AdminJun 8, 20161 min readUNICEF, Plateau stakeholders meet to revive Child Right Implementation CommitteeThe meeting which was held at the instance of the United Nation’s Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), drew participants from government...
AdminMay 27, 20164 min readGrave abuse, sexual violence against children on-going in North-East – UNICEFIn a goodwill message to mark this year’s Children’s Day, the international body said such grave violations were very high in the...
