States, LGs lack infrastructure to manage Ecological Fund, shun queries – Perm Sec
Nov. 30, 2023 The 36 states of the federation and the 774 local government area have no structure in place to manage Ecological Fund. The declaration was made in Abuja…
FG to create situation room, develop legal procedures for prosecution of GBV in schools – AGF
Nov. 29, 2023 The Federal government says efforts are on to develop standard operating procedures to create a legal pathway for the prosecution of school-related Gender-based violence. Mr. Lateef Fagbemi…
FG set to scale up automated birth, death registration process as 20,000 children born in Nigeria daily
Nov. 7, 2023 Federal Government has developed an electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System (eCRVS) and a Geospatial Data Repository to boost birth, death and other registrations, Chairman, National…
HPV vaccine: UNICEF targets 400,000 girls in Bauchi
Oct. 30, 2023 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says it has targeted 400,000 girls for inoculation against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in Bauchi State. Dr. Emmmanuel Emedo, UNICEF’s Health Specialist,…
Myths about HPV vaccine untrue, unfounded – FG
Oct. 18, 2023 As the Federal Government gets set to launch the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine in Abuja on Oct. 24, it has debunked myths making the rounds claiming…
Kano State has about 1m out-of-school children – UNICEF
Oct. 12, 2023 Kano State has at least 989,234 out-of-school children, UNICEF’s Country Representative in Nigeria, Ms. Cristian Munduate, said in Kano on Thursday. She told a news conference that…
UNICEF says weather-related disasters have displaced millions of children
October 6, 2023 UNICEF on Friday said floods, storms, and other weather-related disasters have driven millions of children from their homes, with the situation set to deteriorate if action is…
Diphtheria: UNICEF Nigeria deploys 9.3m doses of vaccines to support FG, urges urgent vaccination
Sept. 27, 2023 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria, says it has deployed 9.3 million doses of diphtheria vaccines to affected states as support to the Federal Government to…
UNICEF validates registration of 20,800 Almajiri children to social register in Katsina
Sept. 27, 2023 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has supported the validation and registration of 20,800 Almajiri children to the social register in Katsina State. Hajiya Rabi Mohammed, the…
Kano records 5,800 suspected cases of Diphtheria – UNICEF
Sept.19, 2023 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Tuesday, said that Kano State has recorded 5,800 suspected cases of Diphtheria from January to date. The UN Agency said the…