Tag: UNICEF

North central and North west have the highest percentages of child labourers.

More than 200 million women currently live with FGM

The figure triples the global illiteracy rate.

The affected children face a bleak future unless urgent action is taken to help them, the agency warns.

Numerous rebel groups are active in eastern Congo, primarily fighting over the area’s rich mineral resources.

The UNICEF official also speaks on stunting and treatment of 400,000 children.

This represents the third largest population of newborns in the world on January 1, 2018.

Nigerians with access to pipe-borne water drop from 32 per cent to less than 7 per cent.

Nigeria also recorded 37,000 new HIV infections among children.

The theme of this year's World Children's Day is ''KidsTakeOver.''

The donors appeal for lifting of blockades to permit entry of relief materials.

The report covers 2016 and 2017.

“This idea of women being at the disposal of men is a big factor driving the experience of sexual violence ...

Two cases each were confirmed in Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom states, one each in Enugu State and Abuja.

Nigeria currently accounts for five per cent of global births.

“We are at the most critical juncture for Africa’s children.”

Five countries accounted for half of new-born deaths in the world last year.

The Fund also says inspection of some projects in schools in Binji revealed a class of 48 pupils in which ...

About 3000 cases of cholera were recently recorded in the IDP camps.

UNICEF provides another N350 million for the project.

The agency recommends six months of paid maternity leave and four weeks paternity leave in Nigeria.

A report said Nigeria had about 58,000 cases of maternal mortality in 2015.

The Fund noted with dismay that too many children were destroyed by the crisis in the North-East region.

Measles incidence among children under five years increased in northern Nigeria between 2014 and 2016.

The NLC commenced the strike on Monday.