Due to shortage of oxygen experienced by medics during the COVID-19 pandemic in many health facilities in Ogun State, the United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), in partnership with HIS Nigeria, has handed over Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) to Ogun State Teaching Hospital.

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has attributed its accomplishments in 2023 to fruitful collaborations with the Nigerian government and various stakeholders.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that an estimated 100 million vulnerable children face climate change impacts in Nigeria. UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office, Kano, Mr Farah Mahmud stated this during the 2023 World Children’s Day celebration on Monday in Kano. The theme of the Day is: “Impact of climate change on lives…

The Federal Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), said Nigeria has recorded progress in the area of child protection through the domestication and implementation of the Child Rights Act (CRA). Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, said this during an interactive session and symposium with school children from various schools. The News…

As Nigeria joins the world to mark the Universal Day of the Child, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has affirmed that the country made progress in the area of child protection through the domestication and implementation of the Child Rights Act ...

As Nigeria joins the world to mark the Universal Day of the Child, federal government and the United Nations Children Fund, (UNICEF) have said Nigeria has made progress in the area of child protection through the domestication and implementation of the Child Rights Act, (CRA). Minister of Women Affairs, Barrister Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, said government has…

One year after the introduction of the Climate Change Study into the curriculum of junior secondary school by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), nature enthusiasts have engaged in massive tree planting and other environmental protection in Bauchi schools. As part of this year's World Children's Day being celebrated on 20th November, with a focus…

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that Bauchi State accounts for just eight of 105 local councils in Nigeria that are Open Defecation-Free (ODF), despite sustained efforts to raise the tally.  

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said that eight of 105 local councils in Nigeria are open defecation-free (ODF). The Guardian reports that in March 2018, Dass LGA was the first to be declared open defecation-free in Northern Nigeria after Obanliku local council of Cross Rivers. Five years later, Bauchi has only recorded 8…

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over Nigeria’s 2018 Demographic and Health Survey findings that 92 per cent of children under six months are not exclusively breastfed in Cross River State. UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Enugu, Mrs. Juliet Chiluwe, stated this at an event tagged ‘Advocacy/Sensitisation of Women in Policy Positions and Wives of Political Leaders…

United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), yesterday, said Nigerian adolescents are faced with multifaceted challenges and called for immediate and comprehensive intervention. UNICEF stated this during a stakeholders’ forum on Adolescent and Youths Health Policies in Africa, themed, “Fostering International Partnerships to Contribute to Adolescents and Youths Health in Nigeria” held at Trenchard Hall of the…

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has identified Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara as the states with the highest burden of un-immunised children in Nigeria.