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10 Nov
About 19 years after it was conceived, the Enugu State government, in partnership with Wateraid Nigeria and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), yesterday, formally launched its water sector law to regulate issues on water generation and supply, as well as providing citizens rights to access potable water and sanitation services.
5 Nov
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said that only 57.3 per cent Nigerian children were captured on electronic birth registration in the country. Besides, the Funf worried that despite millions of new delivery in the country on daily basis, millions of the new borns and those under five are being denied the right to…
25 Oct 2023
To ensure empowerment and poverty alleviation projects have direct impact on grassroots women, girls and children, federal and state governments have agreed to implement a bottom to top approach for all target interventions. Minister of Women Affairs, Barrister Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, made this known at a One-day Strategic Meeting with all States Commissioners of Women Affairs,…
24 Oct 2023
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19 Oct 2023
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has expressed concern that sub-Saharan Africa has achieved only 41 per cent of SDG4 commitments, which aimed to ensure inclusive and quality education for all.
16 Oct 2023
• Disease has affected over 7,000, killed 453 In the midst of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria is sounding the alarm about the urgent need for widespread vaccination. UNICEF, in a statement, yesterday, said the outbreak has so far resulted in over 11,500 suspected…
13 Oct 2023
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said efforts to accelerate access to quality education through its Nigeria Learning Passport initiative is fast yielding significant results with 1.4 million enrollees. Despite frantic efforts by the Federal Government and partners to reduce out-of-school children in Northern Nigeria, UNICEF revealed that Kano came tops with 900,000 vulnerable children roaming…
12 Oct 2023
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund's (UNICEF) efforts to accelerate access to quality education through its Learning Passport initiative is fast yielding significant results, with 1.4 million enrollees.
12 Oct 2023
With the abduction of more than 1,000 Nigerian girls in the last eight years, ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has called on all the country’s tiers of government to prioritise the security of the girl child.
12 Oct 2023
In the midst of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria is sounding the alarm about the urgent need for widespread vaccination.
11 Oct 2023
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said about 7.6 million girls are being deprived of access to quality education in Nigeria, with a larger proportion residing in the Northern region. Besides the reality, the fund disclosed that Nigeria accounts for 15% of out-of-school children worldwide, even when only a mere 9% of its poorest…
11 Oct 2023
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