Mukaila Ola Over 80 million people, representing over 40 percent of Nigeria’s population still defecate unhygienically with N455 billion lost annually to poor sanitation, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lamented. Speaking during a workshop to intimate journalists on the danger of open defecation in the country, Bioye Ogunjobi, a UNICEF
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Mali: Displacement figure triples because of violence and military operations
Editor's note: This is report from Norwegian Refugee Council Published on 14 May 2019 —View Original. The number of people forced to flee their homes in Mali increased by 360 per cent last year because of violence and military operations, according to a new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring
Nearly 900 children freed from armed group in North East — UNICEF
Godsgift Onyedinefu Nearly 900 children have been freed armed groups in Nigeria's North East, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has revealed. The UNICEF in a statement said a total of 894 children, including 106 girls, were released from the ranks of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Maiduguri, on Wednesday as
Nigerians to FG: Declare state of emergency on violence against children
Godsgift Onyedinefu Nigerians have called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on Violence against children (VAC) in the country. It was a reflection of the results of a one-week poll conducted by the Civil Organizations Research Advocacy and Funding Initiatives Development (CORAFID), the North-Central coordinating organisation for
Measles: Over 20 million children worldwide missed vaccine, creating outbreaks – UNICEF
•Nigeria with highest incident globally•US leads developed countries in outbreaks Senator Iroegbu and Nosa Enobhayisobo The United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF), has disclosed that over 20 million children a year missed out on measles vaccines across the world in the past eight years, laying a path of exposure to a virus that
Nigeria, global measles cases increased more than 300% in 2019–Report
•Cases in Africa increased 700% as Nigeria records 27 deaths Mark Leon Goldberg The number of measles cases reported worldwide in the first three months of 2019 has tripled compared with the same time last year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) with Nigeria recording some of the highest fatalities. According to
‘Nigeria not committed to ending violence against children’
Godsgift Onyedinefu The North Central Cordinator of the West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), Mr. Nathaniel Awuapila, has said that Nigeria lacks adequate commitment to addressing violence against Children. Awuapila who made this known via his official Facebook Page on Wednesday said the country lacks a well conceived budget plan to
Nigeria’s immunization coverage far below Global Vaccine target–UNICEF
•Launches #VaccinesWork campaign Senator Iroegbu Amid growing outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that the immunization coverage in Nigeria was only 57.2 percent in 2018, which is far below the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) target of 90 percent. To this end, the UN agency is launching a new
Chibok: Boko Baram recruited over 3,500 child-soldiers in North East — UNICEF
Godsgift Onyedinefu More than 3,500 children, have been recruited by non-state armed groups between 2013 and 2017 and used in the ongoing armed conflict in north-east Nigeria, says the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Chibok abduction. The UNICEF in a statement on Thursday
Northern Nigeria urgently needs more female teachers – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that more female teachers are urgently needed in primary and secondary schools in the northern part of Nigeria. UNICEF stated this on Wednesday in its Research Report presented in Abuja. The UNICEF said employing more female teachers will help increase girls' enrolment and tackle the