Despite increasing budgetary allocation on education in the North-Western states of Kano, Jigawa and Katsina, the quality of education in the region has continued to fall, eliciting concerns.

The Mary Dinah Foundation has distributed over 55 million meals across West and Central Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad, ensuring essential nutrition reaches the most vulnerable through its Zero Hunger programme. The foundation also provided 14,394 children with life-saving vaccinations and contributed to Nigeria’s world record for simultaneous breastfeeding, championing maternal and child health.…

Extreme weather caused significant disruptions to education worldwide in 2024, with around 242 million students in 85 countries missing lessons due to heatwaves, storms, floods and droughts, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday. UNICEF’s analysis highlighted the impact of “extreme climate events” on school closures and operational disruptions, identifying heatwaves as the…

The Federal Government’s proposal to spend N60 billion on a school feeding programme in 2025 will be laudable only if the money is judiciously used for its intended purpose.

UNICEF says Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara States will need $15 million to upscale the quality of life of their citizenry. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms Christian Munduate, said this at a news briefing in Gusau on Wednesday, shortly after holding an interactive session with stakeholders from Gidanwada Model Primary School in Bungudu Local Government…

Cases of malnourished children and its many implications for the nation’s economy, especially among weak sub-nationals may rise beyond control as stakeholders yesterday called for urgent attention from the Federal, State and Local Governments.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for the full immunisation of more children in Katsina State to exceed the current National Demographic Survey of 45 per cent for the state. The recent National Demographic Survey indicates that only 39 per cent of children were fully immunized in the country, with Katsina having higher…

UNICEF has entered into a long-term collaboration with the Department of Science Education, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, to train pre-service teachers on the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that this bold move was part of the strategy to revolutionize teachers’ education in Nigeria. According to UNICEF, the partnership presents…

To tackle child mortality rate across Nigeria, there is a need for strategic shifts and increased advocacy, to achieve equitable coverage with the quality of pre- and post-natal programmes.

The UNICEF has come to the aid of over 4,500 vulnerable youths and women of Adamawa state on technical and vocational skills acquisition programmes in the Hong Local Government Area. AbdulRahaman Ibrahim, Education Specialist, UNICEF Bauchi field office, made this known at the graduation of 1,500 beneficiaries on Thursday in Hong. READ ALSO:Fagbemi, Fashola, Ali,…

The Bauchi State government has inaugurated a medical oxygen plant and Newborn Care Unit, jointly donated by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Canada IHS at the General Hospital, Azare.

The failure of Bauchi State to formulate an Education Sector Plan (ESP) is forcing adolescent girls into early uptake of contraception to avoid early pregnancy that may truncate their education. A look at the National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) report of 2023/2024 indicates that 15 per cent of Nigerian girls are involved in teenage pregnancy,…