As the world marks International Day of the Girl Child, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stressed the harsh realities confronting millions of girls globally, even as it disclosed that one in five young women aged 20 to 24 are married as children. UNICEF data showed that nearly one in four adolescent girls in a marriage or partnership have …

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has pledged Nigeria’s support to the global campaign against lead poisoning to save the lives of vulnerable citizens. Reviewing the exhibition on the lead campaign at the Lead-Free Future event organised by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on the sidelines of the …

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Ogun State House of Assembly, on Thursday, signed a certificate of commitment to reduce the number of out-of-school children in the state. The certificate of commitment was signed when UNICEF Chief of Lagos Field Office, Mrs Celine Lafoucriere and her team paid an advocacy visit to the State House of Assembly on the …

The United Nations Children’s Fund and Ogun State House of Assembly, on Thursday, signed a certificate of commitment to reducing out-of-school children in the state. The certificate of commitment was signed when the UNICEF Chief of Lagos Field Office, Mrs Celine Lafoucriere, and her team paid an advocacy visit to the state legislators on the reduction of out-of-school children in …

Kaduna State Government on Friday signed a Contribution Agreement between UNICEF and its Reaching Out-of-School Children Project with the aim of reintegrating 200,000 out-of-school children back to the classroom. Speaking at the signing ceremony, the State Deputy Governor, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, who represented Governor Uba Sani, said, the Reaching Out-of-School Children Project is designed to address the high number …

Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has applauded the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and IHS Towers, in collaboration with the government of Canada, for donating an oxygen plant to the Cross River State government, situated at the General Hospital, Calabar. Commissioning the project, the governor, represented by his deputy, Hon Peter Odey, expressed confidence that the Pressure …

Following the outbreak of Cholera in Lagos, the state government has activated its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre at Mainland Hospital, Yaba. This is as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) urged the Lagos State Government to urgently provide high-standard water and sanitation facilities to communities to curb the disease. According to a Sunday statement on the government’s website, PHEOC …

The Plateau State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to support Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) intervention in the state. The chief of field office, UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Tushar Rane, in his remarks during the signing of the memorandum, commended the state’s contribution of $200,000. He added …

Around 2007, alongside my wife, we organised an event dubbed ‘Angel of Hope Christmas Children Concert’ where the privileged from all strata of life could attend with their children (or young siblings). We encouraged each child to bring a gift of his or her own choice… to give willingly and happily to someone less fortunate. We basically invited hundreds of …

The figures are staggering. Nigeria shamelessly but comfortably leads the world in the number of out-of-school children; just as in the congregation of the poorest on earth. No less than 20 million of our children, the entire population of Chile, and twice the population of Sweden, are not in school. It speaks volumes of what the future holds for our …