Tag: UNICEF

Mr Shettima said the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the continent’s vulnerability when many countries struggled to access vaccines, oxygen and essential ...

The governor made this assertion while presiding over a basic education stakeholders roundtable meeting convened to review progress, challenges, and ...

The honour recognises the governor’s visionary leadership and unwavering commitment to the state's educational development.

According to the Kebbi State Nutrition Office, 608 severely malnourished children died between January and September 2025 across 21 treatment ...

The Deputy Governor, Mrs Noimot Salako-Oyedele, who also chairs the State Task Force on Primary Health Care, gave the assurance ...

The governor stated that they are now receiving basic numeracy, literacy, and entrepreneurial training comparable to students in the conventional ...

The late Bayelsa Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, rejected pressure and refused to follow Governor Douye Diri when the latter defected, ...

The Challenge was designed to promote accuracy, innovation and gender-intentional development, while leveraging the influence of governors and health leaders ...

The November immunisation drive is scheduled to be conducted from 27 November to 3 December 2025

The state of disrepair at Tsintsiya Primary is more than an isolated infrastructural failure. It reflects systemic neglect

CAN rejected the state government’s claim that the school reopened in defiance of a security directive

According to UNICEF, Kano has nearly 900,000 out-of-school children, Jigawa more than 330,000, while Katsina has over 300,000.

This ODF status places Katsina among the highest-performing states advancing Nigeria’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) agenda.

The initiatives include a five-year Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) on child nutrition (2025-2030) strategy, and a strategy for implementing ...

The Vice President who was represented by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Public Health (office of the ...

The governor also disclosed that Katsina contributed N1 billion to the Children’s Nutrition Fund in partnership with UNICEF, while more ...

UNICEF and partners will also screen these children for malnutrition and ensure those identified with malnutrition receive treatment.

Governor Radda describes the e-birth registration exercise as a transformative step toward ensuring that every child in the state is ...

She cited a 2020 study across 20 secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory which found that about 32.9 per ...

Keeping children in the same facilities as adults violates international human rights standards and exposes the children to immediate dangers, ...

"The garbage is always here beside me, the smell is too much.”

The WHO noted that early detection, isolation of cases, and improvements in treatment have begun to reduce fatality rates.

The Commissioner for Health, Joseph Onojaeme, disclosed this at the flag-off of the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation and ...

The report highlights IHS Nigeria's continued commitment to helping foster a more sustainable and prosperous future for Nigeria, and covers ...

The campaign will run nationwide in two phases from 6 October to 13 February 2026, in renewed efforts to halt ...