Nov 24, 2021 West and Central Africa has recorded the highest number of children recruited into conflict of any region in the world, and the number is growing, the U.N. children’s agency said on Tuesday. Children are used as fighters as well as messengers, spies, cooks, cleaners, guards and porters by armed groups from Mali ...

Nov. 19, 2021 Mr. Maulid Warfa, the UNICEF Chief Field Officer, Kano and Sokoto States says only 25 per cent of those living in Northwestern Nigeria have access to sanitation, with about 38 per cent having access to good hygiene. Warfa made the disclosure on Friday during a one-day programme to commemorate 2021 World Toilets ...

Nov. 19, 2021 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the rate of open defecation in Nigeria had remained steady at 23 per cent, with an estimated 46 million Nigerians still defecating in the open. UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Mr. Peter Hawkins, made the disclosure in a statement, issued on Friday, in Lagos, to commemorate ...

Nov. 17, 2021 United Nations agencies have announced their strong support for an international coalition aiming to rapidly improve the nutrition, health and education of school-age children around the world following pandemic-driven school closures. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused extensive disruption to schools and education worldwide and millions of children were unable to get ...

Nov. 15, 2021 More than 45,000 children have been released from detention and safely returned to family or an appropriate alternative since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data released by UNICEF on Monday. Detention of children in the time of COVID reveals that governments and detaining authorities in at least 84 ...

Nov. 12, 2021 Even as the Buhari administration remains committed to the delivery of sustainable sanitation and hygiene services to all Nigerians, effective collaboration among all levels of government and the private sector will ensure the country achieves its goal to end open defecation by 2025, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. In a statement ...

Nov. 11, 2021 While reported measles cases have fallen compared to previous years, progress toward measles elimination continues to decline and the risk of outbreaks is mounting, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a news release on Wednesday, the WHO ...

Nov. 9, 2021 …UN, development partners to support transformative national food system pathways As part of other efforts to address malnutrition and related challenges in the country, the Federal Government in collaboration with States under the  National Economic Council and the National Council on Nutrition, is considering an “Operation Feed Yourself” initiative. This, according the ...

Nov. 5, 2021 Africa’s environment has deteriorated as a result of climate change over the years. Droughts and floods on a regular basis, an increase in landfills, oil spillage, air pollution, and water poisoning are just a few of Africa’s environmental problems. The reality is that these problems, which have long been a major source ...

October 24, 2021 The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to seek authorisation from the Pre-Trial Chamber of the court to open an investigation into cases of abduction of schoolchildren in several parts of Northern Nigeria. Also to be investigated are the closure of schools, and the “persistent failure of Nigerian authorities” ...