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 …

The Gombe State Government has lauded the intervention of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in tackling the out-of-school children menace in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Dr Aishatu Maigari stated this in an interview with journalists at a two-day workshop organised by State Universal Basic Education with support from UNICEF Bauchi Field Office on policy dialogue with relevant …

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has issued a warning to women against delivering babies at home in order to enhance their chances of survival during and after childbirth. UNICEF Health Officer, Oluseyi Olosunde, Wednesday, at a Media Dialogue in Gombe, emphasized that homes lack necessary facilities to address complications during labour. Providing insights on the statistics of home births, …

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), Save the Children and United Nations International Children Fund (UNICEF), have said 1.4 billion children globally, aged under 16, lack social protection. They are therefore vulnerable to disease, poor nutrition and poverty, according to new data released Wednesday by the three bodies. According to the data, in low-income countries fewer than 1-in-10 children have access …

The United Nations Children and Education Fund Country Representative in Nigeria, Christiane Mundaute has said that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have undergone Female Genital Mutilation. Mundaute said Nigeria accounts for 10 percent of this figure which is estimated at 19.9 million. Speaking in Ilorin, Kwara state on Tuesday, at a symposium held to mark the International …

About 285,000 children orphaned by the Boko Haram insurgency and children of the vulnerable have been taught basic literacy and numeracy under UNICEF’s Teaching at the Right Level initiative in Borno State over the last three years. The initiative was funded by the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office of the British government. UNICEF said the project, which is currently in its …

A regional food security analysis by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), and World Food Programme (WFP) have said food insecurity and malnutrition reached new highs in West and Central Africa as funding to address acute needs dwindles. The report released yesterday in Dakar said despite considerable efforts by governments and partners, food …

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that 75.1 per cent of women in Bauchi State marry before attaining the age of 18, saying that the state led in both North East and North West regions. The Officer-in-Charge of UNICEF’s Bauchi Field Office, Adams Clement, while speaking, yesterday, during the closing of the 16-day-activism against gender-based violence (GBV) organised …