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 …

UNICEF has announced that 48 million Nigerians, representing 23 per cent of the country’s population, still defecate in open space. Out of this number, the North-West geopolitical zone has 11 per cent; North-East, 17 per cent; North-Central, 47 per cent; South-West, 24 per cent; South-South, 23 per cent; and South-East, 23 per cent. The global agency’s North-East Water, Sanitation, and …

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stated that the significant prevalence of open defecation results in substantial socio-economic losses for the country. According to the UN agency, about 48 million people still defecate in the open – mostly in the rural areas. Clement Adams, Officer-in-Charge/Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Nigeria Bauchi Field Office, disclosed this at the Media Dialogue …

The United Nations Children Fund, on Monday, lamented the prevailing increase in the number of adolescent children becoming mothers before the age of 18 years. It, therefore, called for immediate and comprehensive intervention by the governments at all levels, noting that it had “committed $1 billion investment in Nigeria over the next five years”. The Chief of Health at UNICEF …

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has pleaded with parents and guardians in Bauchi State to allow their wards to receive a second term of polio vaccine. A representative of UNICEF, Haladu Sabo, made the appeal yesterday at the flag-off of the Second Term Polio Campaign in Bauchi. He urged parents to ensure that all the children in their care received …

United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) under its Rapid Response Mechanism in collaboration with UN Central Emergency Response Fund and European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) have embarked on the treatment of 14,000 malnourished children in Government Girls Arabic Secondary School (GGASS) in Mafa local government area of Borno State. The GGASS has a unique population of people …

Amid the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history, the United Nations Children’s Fund Nigeria (UNICEF) is sounding the alarm about the urgent need for widespread vaccination. The outbreak has so far resulted in 11,587 suspected cases, 7,202 cases across 105 local government areas in 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory, mostly among children. A total of 453 …

More people experience food and nutrition insecurity in Borno, Katsina, Kaduna, Jigawa, and Kano states, according to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It noted Cadre Harmonisé report said 17.6 million in 26 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT),  suffer from food and nutrition crises. The report added between March and May, the top food and nutrition insecure states were Lagos …

Four leading entertainers Kate Henshaw, Waje, Ali Nuhu and Cobhams Asuquo have opened up on championing child rights in the country. This is coming after UNICEF Nigeria announced the appointment of a music producer, musician, and film actor as UNICEF Champions for a period of 12 months. On their new roles, the entertainers expressed zeal and dedication to work together with UNICEF …

Three out of every four pupils in Nigerian primary schools are poor in literacy and numeracy, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) assessment. At the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy seminar in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Wednesday, the global agency’s Chief of Education in Nigeria, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan said: “Nigeria has a severe learning crisis with three out of four children …