The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has described vaccines used in immunisation efforts as “sustainable” adding that they have saved six lives every minute over the last five decades. UNICEF’s Chief, Enugu Field Office, Mrs Juliet Chiluwe, said this at a virtual media dialogue with journalists in Owerri, on...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Journalists in Sokoto State have appealed to the state government to possibly pass a law making polio and other vaccines non compliance a criminal offence. This, according to the media professionals could possibly be the only workable solution should the state wants a permanent...
No fewer than 68,000 children is expected to be vaccinated in Plateau against Polio, by the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF Bauchi Field Officer, Ms Nuzhat Rafique, disclosed this on Wednesday in Jos, during an advocacy visit to the Gbong Gwom Jos, Jacob Buba. Rafique said that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Board ( BSPHCDA) in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Rotary International have organized a one day round table discussions with journalists for the Big- Catch-Up (BCU) for the round table campaign (RTC) Round 3. The...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – With the tightened Israeli blockade on Gaza now in its second month, top officials of the United Nations have appealed to world leaders to act – firmly, urgently and decisively – to ensure the basic principles of international humanitarian law are upheld. The appeal...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday began preparations for the 2025 vaccination campaign by donating 2.5m doses of Polio vaccines to Bauchi State. The UNICEF Chief of Field Office (CFO), Bauchi Field Office, Dr Nuzhat Rafique, handed over the vaccines at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Finpact Development Foundation (FINDEF), in partnership with UNICEF Nigeria, have successfully supported out-of-school adolescent girls in Rimi, Mani, and Katsina LGAs of Katsina State through the REACH project weekend. The FINDEF Representative, Sadiya Badamasi, said the initiative has empowered 1,950 out-of-school adolescent girls by...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported that 91 per cent of women in Rivers give birth with the assistance of skilled birth attendants. UNICEF Health Manager, Dr Martin Dohlsten, disclosed this on Tuesday in Port Harcourt during a media dialogue on neonatal healthcare, childhood illnesses, and vaccination....
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the increasing number of polio cases in Kano State. UNICEF’s Kano Chief of Field Office, Mr Rahma Farah, raised the alarm during an orientation for 44 Local Government Area (LGA) chairmen and district heads on polio eradication, routine immunisation,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State first lady, Hajia Sefinat Usman Ododo, has joined the global call to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), urging collective efforts to end the harmful practice. In a message to mark the 2025 International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, Mrs. Ododo emphasized...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday engaged Sokoto State local chairmen, religious and traditional leaders on steps towards permanent eradication of polio. The event with the theme: “Accelerating Progress Towards Eradication of Polio Virus in Sokoto State” was held at the 8...
The United Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara States will need $15 million to upscale the quality of life of their citizenry. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms Christian Munduate, said this at a news briefing in Gusau on Wednesday shortly after holding an interactive session...
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated a 720,000-litre-per-day capacity Oxygen Plant to the Yobe State Government to help reduce neonatal mortality rates. UNICEF’s Country Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Mundate, handed over the facility to a representative of the state government on Monday in Damaturu. She emphasised the importance...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has partnered with the Borno State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Borno State House of Assembly, CASFOD, and Borno State Children’s Parliament to host a special event to mark the 2024 World Children’s Day. Children took...
Philosophical education could change the school system because the educational sector is in dire need of transformation and an overhaul. This piece situates the problem with basic schooling and explores how philosophical education or philosophy for children(p4c) would deliver the much-needed change. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has officially launched a Roadmap for open Defecation free (ODF) in the state, signaling the beginning of a campaign to eradicate open defecation in all communities. The Borno State First Lady , Dr. Falmata Zulum was also honoured by UNICEF as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF’s Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Manager, Jamita Bora Thakkar, has revealed that 53% of people in Borno State use basic latrines. However, nearly half of the population, 47%, still lack access to basic toilets, leaving them at risk of unsafely disposed excreta, cholera,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Three schools have emerged winners of the Nigerian Learning Passport Quiz Competition organized by UNICEF in collaboration with the Borno State Government (BOSG) and other partners in Maiduguri on Saturday held at Armani Event Center Maiduguri. El Kanemi College of Theology School won the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Government with support from United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have officially launched a song aimed at strengthening the advocacy for routine immunization. The powerful song, ‘No More Zero Dose’, unites 12 top musicians from the region, including 8 UNICEF champions from Nigeria,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Maiduguri Field Office, Maiduguri, Dr. Gerida Birukila, has launched a song tagged, “No More Zero-Dose” to commemoration the 2024 World Polio Day. The song produced by UNICEF was released on Thursday at a brief event at...