In its efforts to boost awareness about immunisation in the rural communities, the Niger State Ministry of Health, UNICEF, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in conjunction with Niger State Planning Commission have organised an inter-ward football competition to commemorate the 2024 World Polio Day in the state.

About 83 cases of Circulating Variant Poliovirus Type 2 (cVPVD2) have been recorded in the country this year. Consequently, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has called on the federal government to increase immunization coverage and intensify efforts to stop the cVPVD2 transmission, particularly in the Axis of Intractable Transmission (AIT) states of Katsina, Kano,…

The governments of Gombe and Taraba states have been called upon to honor their co-financing commitments and provide the necessary infrastructure and resources to sustain the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) earlier signed with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). It would be recalled that in 2022,…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Protection (NCDC) said no fewer than 1,191 persons have been killed by diphtheria since May 2023 across Nigeria. In Niger State, the House of Assembly called on the executive to employ

The six emirs in Bauchi State have expressed concerns over claims by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that only nine per cent of children between ages seven and 14 in the area have reading skills.

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has confirmed improvement in immunisation enrolment in two Northeastern states of Gombe and Taraba from 50 per cent to 80 per cent.

Globally, the gains made through persistent campaigns for gender equality and justice, are being lost by pervasive armed conflicts that infringe on the fundamental rights of women and girls, endanger their lives, restrict their choices, and limit girls’ future.

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Imo State Government, is organising a two-day workshop to strengthen the media’s role in driving regional development.

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), in collaboration with UNICEF and Imo State Government, is organising a two-day workshop to strengthen the media’s role in driving regional development.

Efforts at improving healthcare services in Oyo State through the 721 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) have been hampered by a shortage of workers and quackery.

The six emirs in Bauchi State have expressed concerns as the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reeled out data on children with reading skills, which stood at 9 per cent among kids aged 7-14. According to UNICEF, the State Education Sector Plan indicated that the total number of public primary schools is 3,295, with only…

UNICEF’s Chief of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Jane Bevan, has raised concerns over Nigeria’s hand hygiene practices, revealing that only 17% of the population washes their hands at critical times. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja at an event organised by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation in collaboration with the National Task…