Red Cross
3 days ago
Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Nigerian Red Cross have declared a state of emergency on traffic accidents across the country.
4 days ago
Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Nigerian Red Cross have declared a state of emergency on traffic accidents across the country.
30 Apr
A first Red Cross plane laden with humanitarian aid on Sunday landed in Sudan, where deadly clashes between rival generals' forces have entered their third week.
3 Mar
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has congratulated Nigeria for becoming the 111th state to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
20 Oct 2022
Nigerian Red Cross, deployed in Abua/Odual Council of Rivers State for humanitarian services, yesterday, lamented worsening situation caused by persistent flooding in the state.
10 Aug 2022
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Nigeria Red Cross, have disbursed a sum of N175m to 5000 households in three councils in Kaduna as part of a measure to mitigate flooding in the 2022 rainy season. The 5000 households affected by floods along the Kaduna River area in the last 10 years, were…
9 Jun 2022
The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) has said that its Hunger Crisis Appeal targets to reach 200,000 people in the country.
5 Apr 2022
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned Tuesday that a major hunger crisis in Africa is "going largely unnoticed" as the world focuses on Ukraine and other crises.
25 Nov 2021
The international Red Cross said Thursday that Swiss diplomat and international worker Mirjana Spoljaric Egger would be its next president, and the first woman to lead the organisation. The current assistant Secretary-General at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will replace Peter Maurer as president of the International Committee of the Red Cross when he…
17 Apr 2021
Hospitals in DR Congo's troubled North Kivu province have been overwhelmed by people wounded by weapons after violent protests over the UN's perceived failure to stem civilian massacres
4 Feb 2021
The Red Cross launched a plan Thursday to help vaccinate 500 million people against Covid-19 in over 100 countries, warning that leaving out the world's poorest could seriously backfire.
23 Nov 2020
At least 9,150 patients received surgical care from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Maiduguri in the last 18 months, its Head of Delegation, Mr Eloi Fillion, said on Monday.