The United Nations Children’s Fund has said Nigeria bears the highest global burden of unvaccinated children, with over two million children yet to receive a single dose of any routine vaccine. UNICEF Health Officer, Bashir Elegbede, made this known on Tuesday at a one-day media dialogue to commemorate the 2025 World Immunisation Day in Damaturu, Yobe State. Elegbede said that …

Some children of the legendary juju musician, Sunday Adegeye, aka King Sunny Ade (KSA), are currently at loggerheads over his well-being and whereabouts. A daughter of the singer and guitarist, Damilola Esther, took to social media to accuse her step-brother, Dayo, of holding their father hostage, and also booking him for events without honouring the engagements. In a series of …

Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has launched the ‘Free to Shine’ campaign, a nationwide initiative aimed at reducing new HIV infections among women of reproductive age and preventing mother-to-child transmission. Speaking at the flag-off of the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development’s ‘Free to Shine’ campaign in the North-West zone in Kaduna on Tuesday, Mrs Tinubu emphasised the …

The National Coordinator of the National Cancer Control Programme at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Uchechukwu Nwokwu has said that 7.2 per cent out of 127,000 cancer cases recorded annually in Nigeria are children. Nwokwu said this at the sideline of public enlightenment on childhood cancer commemorating 2025 International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) on Saturday in …

Niger State Government on Wednesday announced the rescue of 21 children who were being trafficked through the state to Niger Republic, Sudan, and Chad. Investigations revealed that the children, all from Magama Local Government Area, were recruited by a syndicate under the guise of enrolling them in an Islamic learning programme. The Deputy Governor of Niger State, Yakubu Garba, who …

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Public Health Department has announced that the 2024 Spill-over Mass Administration of Medicine (MAM) to deworm children against schistosomiasis and soil helminthiasis would begin on 17 February. The initiative, which will run from 17 to 21 February, was discussed at a stakeholders meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. NAN also reports that the MAM exercise …

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have intercepted a white Peugeot 15 bus with Reg. No. KMC 283 ZJ along the Abuja-Kano route with 59 children suspected to have been trafficked from Kano. The police operatives, led by deputy superintendent of police Sarki Umar, intercepted them on 6 January 2025, at about 3:30 p.m., along the Abuja-Kano route, heading …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has announced the successful registration of over 10 million children aged zero to five years within the last three months. The Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, stated this while speaking to journalists after the First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu presented a birth certificate to the baby of the year at the Asokoro General …

Governor of Sokoto State Ahmed Aliyu, on Thursday flagged off school enrollment campaign for school-age children ahead of the 2024/25 academic year. Speaking in his remarks during the programme, the governor Identified out-of-school children including those who have never been enrolled and those who have dropped out for re-admission and enrolment. He said the drive will involve Community and Religious …

Approximately 26,000 children aged 0 to 14 contracted HIV in 2023, with 15,000 succumbing to the disease during the year, according to Dr. Temitope Ilori, Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA). Dr. Ilori disclosed the figures on Thursday in Osogbo, Osun state, during the inauguration of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Pediatric Antiretroviral …