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UN Secretary-General appoints Malick Fall of Senegal as Resident Coordinator in Nigeria

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Mr. Mohamed M. Malick Fall of Senegal as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, with...

Nigeria’s population becoming a demographic nightmare, say TI, CISLAC

Transparency International (TI) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) have stated that Nigeria’s population is on the verge of becoming a...

Hungry people in Nigeria, other West, Central African countries to reach 49.5m in 2024, WFP raises alarm

Hungry people in West and Central Africa including Nigeria may reach a staggering 49.5 million by August 2024, the United Nations World Food...

Tinubu launches E-CRVS system for birth registration, migration, others

President Bola Tinubu has launched the electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System (CRVS) and the Geospatial Data Repository. Persecondnews reports that the...

Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against cervical cancer

In a bid to combat the virus that is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer, Nigeria has introduced the Human Papillomavirus...

UNICEF urges FG to prosecute, punish bandits for killing children, women

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged federal and state governments to enhance their judicial systems for proper prosecution of bandits before...

Hunger is Real and Present by Dakuku Peterside

HUNGER is widespread and chronic in Nigeria. Its prevalence is one phenomenon that statistics cannot fully capture. Not even the global hunger index...

From waste collection to classroom: Story of Adamu’s pursuit of education

Coming from the background of a family of seven children and parents who did not have any form of formal education with the...

Insurgency: 2,295 teachers killed in 13 years, 6,800 children’s rights violated in Northeast — UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Nigeria, Christian Munduate, on Friday lamented that no fewer than 2,295 teachers have been killed...

Chibok girls: Make schools safe, UNICEF urges FG, as 109 girls still in captivity 8 years after

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed to the authorities in Nigeria to make schools safe and provide a secure and conducive...

Education: Nigeria facing a staggering learning crisis- UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that Nigeria is facing a staggering learning crisis with learning outcomes being one of the...

FG, UNICEF launch digital learning platform for 12m students

The Federal Government, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), and other partners on Thursday launched the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP), a mobile learning platform...

Child-friendly justice: Nigeria, six other African countries to benefit from $9.5m EU grant

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday announced that Nigeria is among the six West African...

USAID, UNICEF partner to improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene for 300,000 people in Northwest Nigeria

  In its commitment to bolster up Nigerian government’s initiative to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara...

UNICEF projects 21,000 babies will be given birth to in Nigeria on New Year Day 

      By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As 2021 rolls in, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has projected that an estimated 21,439 babies...

World AIDS Day: UNICEF warns of COVID-19 disruptions to HIV service delivery

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   COVID-19 has interrupted vital HIV treatment and service delivery in one third of high burden countries, putting countless more...