Tag: UNICEF
UNICEF, SEMA, to erect tent classes for IDPs children in Yobe
The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) in partnership with UNICEF will set up tent classes for children in Internally…
Children At The Mercy Of Malnutrition
By Odimegwu Onwumere The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition had accounted that at least 10 million children are affected by…
UNICEF condemn killings in Baga
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Monday, condemned the killing of children, women and the elderly in Baga town…
Over 15 million children affected by violence in 2014 – UNICEF
Millions of children suffered under extreme violence, destruction and forced displacement in 2014, the UN Children’s Fund said in a…
Breaking The Silence On Open Defecation
By Rasak Musbau “I am moved by the fact that a child dies every 2 and a half minutes from…
The Plight Of The Nigerian Child
Children are the greatest treasures of life, but as the the world celebrates today the 25th anniversary of the Convention…
US, UN condemn Yobe school suicide bomb attack
International condemnation trailed Monday’s suicide bomb attack at a government boarding school in Potiskum, Yobe, which reportedly killed several students…
EU Donates €1bn To Stem Ebola Epidemic
The European Union and its Member States have now pledged more than €1 billion in response to the Ebola crisis…
49 million Nigerians still defecate openly, says UNICEF
No fewer than 49 million Nigerians still defecate openly, Mr Bisi Agberemi, a UNICEF Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist,…
UNICEF Scales Up Emergency Response Plan For Lagos, Others
Simon Ateba The Emergency Preparedness Response Plans for Lagos, Ondo, Osun and Edo states in Nigeria have been scaled up.…
Children who lost parents to Ebola shunned by families – UNICEF
Thousands of children who have lost parents to the west African Ebola epidemic risk are being shunned by frightened and…
Ebola: UNICEF makes case for Liberia, Sierra-Leone, others
Mrs Jane Giogh, United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) representative in Nigeria, has appealed to countries with adequate human resources…
National Ebola Centre commends FG for control
Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Incident Manager, National Ebola Emergency Operation Centre (EEOC), said on Monday that Federal Government’s fight against…
One in 10 girls sexually abused – Unicef
A United Nations reports says about 120 million girls around the world which is slightly over one in 10 girls…
Scoring Winning Goal Through Breastfeeding
By Bilikis Bakare Breastfeeding in practice and application is viewed as a human right issue by several international organisations including…
Quarter of world population will be African by 2050 – UNICEF
A quarter of the world’s population will be African within 35 years, the UN children’s agency said on Tuesday, as…
40 Yazidi Children Reported Dead After Iraq Attack —UN
Forty children from northern Iraq’s Yazidi minority are reported to have died as a result of a jihadist attack on…
UN Envoy Vows To Rebuild Chibok Schools
UN education envoy Gordon Brown on Tuesday pledged that a school from where more than 200 girls were kidnapped by…
Securing The Nigerian Child
By Bilkis Bakare The Nigerian child, if lucky to be alive, has travelled the narrow path of neglect in many…
UNICEF: 200,000 Kids May Starve To Death In Somalia
The United Nation’s children’s agency said Tuesday that 200,000 children may die of starvation this year in war-ravaged Somalia if…
Children’s Day: UNICEF calls for unity, protection of Nigerian children
UNICEF has called for collective effort from stakeholders to protect the rights of children. The call was contained in a…
Girl child education: Niger pays N1bn counterpart fund
Niger state has paid N1 billion in counterpart fund to the UNICEF-assisted Girl Child Education Programme. The Commissioner for Education,…
Escape To Europe: Human Security Angle
By Femi G. Oguntoyinbo Africa, especially sub-Saharan Africa, seems to be the centre of world attention when it comes to…
Polio: Nigeria 2nd Largest Country With Unimmunised Kids
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria accounts for 3.8 million of the estimated 22.6 million unimmunised children against polio living in different countries…
Accessing Safe Water In Nigeria
By Musbau Rasak British politician and novelist, Edwina Currie, once said that, instead of drinking Coca Colas, turn on the…
Measles remains a global threat for children, say UN agencies
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Measles, a viral infection, is still one of the leading causes of death among children even though a…
Criminalising Rape And Child Abuse Offences
By Ayo Afuwape The issue of rape in today’s society, especially in Nigeria, is beginning to take the centre stage,…
Curbing Boko Haram Attacks
Last week, the Boko Haram sect that has wreaked havoc on the country, grabbed the headlines again for its bloodletting…
MDGs: Nigeria’s Gains, Challenges
By Precious Kalamba Gbeneol In September 2000, building upon a decade of major United Nations conferences and summits, world leaders…
Mali crisis disrupts education of 700,000 kids
The education of some 700,000 children in Mali has been disrupted by the crisis rocking the Sahelian country, the UN…