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The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says it has partnered with Airtel Africa to provide access to remote learning for children in 13 sub-Saharan countries. Fayaz King, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director,…

In order to keep all categories of students busy during the COVID-19 induced holidays, a Radio and Television Learning Programme for over 1 million primary school pupils, junior secondary school students and integrated quranic school…

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it has initiated a radio Learning programme for students in Kano State. Maulid Warfa, Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Kano, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on…

The Journalists Against Polio (JAP) and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (VPD) in conjunction with Adamawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ADSPHCDA) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have…

Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, paid a visit the isolation centre where the index case of coronavirus is being managed, calling on Nigerians not to panic but maintain and sustain personal and environmental hygiene at…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the Kaduna State Government for efforts to develop a social protection policy that would address the plight of the marginalised and vulnerable. Ramatu Aliyu, Social Policy…

The wife of the Ondo State governor, Mrs Betty Akeredolu, says the rating of the state high in Under-one birth registration performance in the southwest through the National Population Commission(NPC) by UNICEF was encouraging. Mrs…

Bauchi Field Office of UNICEF has lamented that children in Bauchi State are deprived of basic needs like education, improved water and sanitation,  nutrition, immunization and birth registration a development that is militating their…

National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) 2018 has indicated that in Gombe state, Out of every 1000 children born, 189 die before the age of 5 years, a figure far higher than the average death in the North-East region. Also, Uptake of…

The Chairman, Kano State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Danlami Hayyo has said plans are underway by the state government to introduce and impose a law to ensure that girl children finish secondary school before giving out her hand in…