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18 Apr
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved N1.3 billion scholarship for 997 nursing and midwifery students, who are indigenes of the state.
16 Apr
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reiterated intensified efforts to protect Nigerian children, who remain vulnerable to attacks and abductions.
11 Apr
Massive heatwaves across East Asia and the Pacific could place millions of children at risk, the UN warned Thursday, calling for action to protect vulnerable people from the soaring temperatures.
30 Mar
Stakeholders have called for increased efforts to boost public trust on polio vaccination and routine immunisation in Lagos State. They spoke at an advocacy dialogue with state and local councils to increase trust and uptake of polio vaccines
25 Mar
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has urged the federal and state governments to increase funding for the health insurance scheme, saying this would help in bringing more vulnerable persons on board.
25 Mar
The Nigerian sanitation gap – the proportion of the population without access to safe and hygienic sanitation facilities
24 Mar
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has canvassed holistic adoption of the health insurance scheme to tackle the problem of maternal and child mortality, while reducing the burden of out-of-pocket healthcare expenses on vulnerable families.
22 Mar
Over 880,000 persons have stopped defecating in the open and now use a safe and hygienic toilet facility, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. Speaking in Gombe, yesterday, at the close of a pro-water project, the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria, Jonathan Ekhator, noted that the project reached 997,000 people in the…
21 Mar
On March 8, gunmen abducted about 280 children from the Local Education Authority Primary and Junior Secondary School, Kuriga, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, in a renewed attack on schools by bandits...
20 Mar
Gombe State Government and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have launched a four-year Multi-Sectoral Strategic Plan of Action on Food and Nutrition (GMSPAFN), spanning 2023 to 2027 at the projection of N11 billion.
18 Mar
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other stakeholders have acknowledged the impact of the Mama2Mama initiative, championed by women in Taraba State.
15 Mar
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised the alarm over increasing poverty among Nigerian children and suggested solutions to reduce child poverty among 64 million kids that are multidimensionally poor. 

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