Tag: UNICEF
UNICEF to partner Kano in addressing oxygen security supply
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has pledged to support the Kano State Government in addressing oxygen security supply in the state.
Dr. Peter Baffoe,...
UNICEF campaigns: #ReopenSchools, as 77m children spend 18 months shut out...
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the world is facing an education crisis due to the COVID pandemic, that has left nearly 77 million...
Out-of-school-children and kidnappings: Matters arising
Observers note that kidnappings and abductions of pupils and students in various schools, especially in some parts of the northern part of the country,...
COVID-19 vaccine : 182, 614 vaccinated in Oyo State – Official
A total of 182,614 people have so far received COVID-19 vaccination across the 33 local government areas of Oyo State, the State Immunisation Officer,...
Attacks on schools must stop, says UN chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday call on the global community to say with one voice that “attacks on schools must stop’’ and that...
Children’s Day: Reinforce child rights protection, UN tells Nigeria
As Nigeria grapples with the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund has called for reinforcement on efforts geared towards...
COVID-19: Agency, UNICEF trains ‘town criers’ on community-based strategies
By our Taraba correspondent
As part of efforts to tackle community transmission of the novel Corona Virus in Taraba State, the State Primary Health Development...
Patoranking tapped by UNICEF for re-make of Bob Marley’s song
Nigerian singer Patrick Okoye, popularly known as Patoranking, has been contacted to join a select number of musicians for a re-make of Raggae icon...
15.4 million African children have acute malnutrition, UN agencies warns
The United Nations has forecasted that West and Central Africa will have 15.4 million cases of acute malnutrition in children under five years old...
UNICEF forges ties to combat child marriage in South Sudan
The UNICEF said on Thursday that it had entered into partnership with 35 local radio stations in South Sudan as part of efforts to...
COVID-19: SATO introduces innovative hand-washing solution
Sanitation and hygiene solution company SATO has introduced its new hand-washing solution, the ‘SATO Tap’.
The social business, which aims to solve water, sanitation and...
UNICEF decries secondary effect of pandemic on children
While children have been the least affected primarily, they have been categorised as being the most affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.
According to the United...
Halting the COVID-19 spread in Taraba; the UNICEF, Opinion leaders, TSPHCDA...
Apart from the efforts so far put in place by both the Taraba state government and the technical committee on Civid-19 to halt the...
Covid-19 : UNICEF, TSPHCDA trains journalists on making hand sanitizers
The Taraba State Primary Health Care Development Agency (TSPHCDA) in collaboration with the United Nations Childrens' Fund (UNICEF), yesterday trained media practitioners drawn from...
Violence against women and girls prevalent in Nigeria, says UNICEF
As the world gets set to mark 25 years since the historic Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action to advance women’s and girl’s rights,...
250, 000 children in Nigeria die first day of life –...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 250, 000 children in Nigeria die on their first day of life, describing the...
UNICEF renovates 34 PHCs in Bauchi state
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it has renovated 34 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in Bauchi State to ensure child survival and improve...
