By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) WASH Manager in Maiduguri, Mamita Bora Thakkar, speaks on the impact of improved menstrual health and hygiene management for schoolgirls and the expectations from government in facilitating an enabling environment for girls to achieve. Q1. What efforts...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and IHS Towers, in collaboration with the Canadian Government have donated a Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) oxygen plant to Cross River State government. The oxygen plant is situated at the General Hospital, Calabar. Speaking during the commissioning...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partner, Monclub International are using the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) programme to ensure that no child dies of malnutrition, cholera or water borne diseases in New Marte. “UNICEF has been saving lives and supporting children suffering...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice Chairman of Marte LGC of Borno State, Alhaji Mustapha Mohamed, has appealed to Governor Babagana Zulum to impress on the Nigerian military and Multi Joint National Task Force (MNJTF) to liberate Kirnewa town of Marte LGC to enable the residents of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The District Head of the New Marte town, BaMai Lawan Musunema has said that in spite of the security challenges bedeviling the LGA, UNICEF in partnership with some partners were able to carry out mandatory services for children and women in New Marte...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said it is committed to positive parenting for all children as only that can promote care and love for their better upbringing. Sokoto UNICEF office, Child Protection Specialist, Mr Pius Uwamanua, stated this on Wednesday during...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has commended the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the construction of a new oxygen production plant in Ali Kwara General Hospital, Azare worth 2.5 billion naira. He also appreciated the organisation’s support in the renovation...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Government has entered into partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to ensure the safety of school environment for school children in Benue State. The State Commissioner for Education and Knowledge Management, Dr Fredrick Ikyaan, who restated government’s...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with other partners have organized a panel discussion on school safety for students/children to mark the tenth anniversary of the abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls by Boko Haram insurgency. The symposium, which was jointly organized...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As Nigeria marks 10 years since the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls in the Northeast, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for action to secure children’s education in Nigeria. It also said that 90 girls remain in captivity, and the country...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) has decried increase in incidences of suicides in Nigeria especially amongst young persons and students in the universities and other higher institutions. A Basic Mental Health and Psychological Support (MHPSS) consultant with UNICEF, Mr Wayne Bleier, disclosed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Only 4 per cent of the population of Borno State use safely managed water according to the National Outcome Routine Mapping (NORM) 2021. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Maiduguri Field Office, Ms. Phuong T. Nguyen, stated this at the commemoration...
The Federal Government has executed viable projects to enhance access to portable water to 997,000 persons in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. The project is being implemented in collaboration between the Federal Government, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Government of the Netherlands. The programme also aims to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Norwegian Government have supported the vocational skills training of over 1000 youths in Borno State, North-East Nigeria. UNICEF Chief Field Office, Borno State, Phuong Nguyen, stated this on Monday during the matriculation of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Children who are given birth to at home are more likely to die, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. UNICEF also warned that the pregnant women who give birth at home risk death should there be complications during labour. The Health...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has submitted that every child is at risk of abuse, hence, the need for concerted efforts by all to guarantee their protection. The Sokoto UNICEF Field Office, Child Protection Specialist, Mr Pius Uwamanua, stated this on Tuesday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has handed over essential medical supplies worth over USD$246,590 to the Borno State Government to improve the quality of care available in health facilities across the state. The UN agency also pledged to hand over a newly built...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State, unfortunately, is one of the states in Nigeria with very high indices of maternal and neonatal mortality rates as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. The state Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Professor Baba Malam Gana, stated this on...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on stakeholders in the country to intensify efforts to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The UNICEF says Nigeria accounts for 10 per cent, estimated at 19.9 million of 200 million girls and women worldwide. The UNICEF Country Representative, Mrs Cristian...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has emphasised the need for concerted efforts to enhance school safety in Nigeria, revealing that only 43% of the Minimum Standards for Safe Schools are being met in about 6,000 assessed schools. UNICEF Nigeria Country Representative, Ms....