The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Tuesday, said that Kano State has recorded 5,800 suspected cases of Diphtheria from January to date. The UN Agency said the cases were recorded in 39 local government areas of the state. The Head, UNICEF Field Office, Kano, Mr Rahama Mohammned-Farah, stated this in Kano during a one-day…

In Nigeria, children who remain furthest behind in the education system are the heart of UNICEF’s priority. Amidst the twin crises of a vast out-of-school population and consistently low learning levels, particularly in the north, 40% of primary school-aged children are out-of-school in the north-west. Factoring in the North-east and North-central zones, this figure jumps…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), yesterday, harped on addressing foundational literacy and numeracy for improved learning in the country. The global agency noted that the crisis poses not just a threat to Nigeria’s future, but also to the global community. According to the organisation, during a workshop tagged, “Turning the Tide on Nigeria’s Learning…

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has identified a funding gap of $9.2 billion in Nigeria’s Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector. Deputy Representative of Programme, UNICEF Nigeria, Dr. Rownak Khan, revealed this during her visit to the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, and the Minister of State, Bello Goronyo, in Abuja.…

The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday in Abuja said that her focus through her national project, the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), is to make life better for all Nigerians.

About 17.7 million people in Nigeria are hungry and this number may increase to 25 million if nothing is done urgently to salvage the situation out of the number, about 1 million are suffering from acute food insecurity and this refers to people who are hungry...

About 17.7 million Nigerians are hungry, and the number could increase to 25 million, if nothing is done urgently to salvage the situation.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Wednesday in Abuja said Nigeria has recorded nothing less than $100 billion loss in the last 10 years due to the conflict in the Northeastern part of the country. With devastating impacts on human lives, especially children, the loss is about two times the size of the nation’s 2023…

National Orientation Agency (NOA) and National Population Commission (NPC), with support from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has concluded plans to commence registration of 395,382 children age zero to fives years across the 25 local councils of Niger State. The agencies disclosed this during the advocacy visit to Chanchaga Local Council headquarters on Monday. State Director…

To curtail the neonatal mortality rate in Lagos, the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has partnered with the Lagos State Ministry of Health to put up a Lagos State Early Newborn Action Plan (LASENAP). The five-year documented strategy is aimed at improving the coverage of state-wide interventions by taking actionable steps toward ensuring that…

The Federal Ministry of Education and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have said the attainment of the 500,000-user milestone on Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP) is a testament to the government's commitment to modernising the educational landscape and ensuring that every Nigerian child accesses quality education.

Nigeria can save over N11 billion and lives, if substitutes to breast milk are eliminated within the first six months after birth, Alive&Thrive has said.