Top 100 brands in Africa: Dangote becomes most admired Africa brand for the 6th time
June 5, 2023 The Dangote brand has, for the sixth consecutive year, been adjudged the most admired African brand among top 100 brands on the continent. The company announced the…
Implementation of child rights law critical to out-of-school reduction –UNICEF
May 29, 2023 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has advocated the implementation of the Child Rights Law in the states as this was critical in the reduction of out-of-school…
UN refugee agency: 200,000 have fled Sudan
May 12, 2023 Some 200,000 people have fled from Sudan to neighbouring countries since violence erupted last month, a spokesperson for the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, including many…
UNICEF, NPC target 1m digital birth registration of children in Kano in 2023
May 12, 2023 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and National Population Commission (NPC) have rolled out birth registration of one million children in Kano in 2023 using the digital…
5 startups win N17.5m at hackathon to end open defecation
April 28, 2023 Five startups have won N3.5 million each totalling N17.5 million and four months mentorship at the Water Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) Hackathon Innovation fair 2.0 to end open…
More African countries set to approve malaria shot, 20 mln doses ready in 2023
April 21, 2023 African countries are lining up to approve a new vaccine for malaria, with 20 million doses available for them to buy this year, the shot’s manufacturer told…
UNICEF begins 5-year strategic country plan for Nigerian children
March 24, 2023 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has began a five-year strategic plan to help Nigerian children who are left behind in developmental strides to meet up with…
78m children risk water-related crisis in Nigeria–UNICEF
March 20, 2023 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 78 million children in Nigeria are at the risk of three water-related threats. UNICEF listed the threats to include inadequate…
LAGOS PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECEIVE UNICEF-SPONSORED LEARNING DEVICES
February 11, 2023 The vision of the Lagos State Government to digitalise its education sector is advancing with the acquisition of another set of 60 Teaching and Learning devices donated…
UNICEF trains 18,000 unqualified teachers in the northeast
February 8, 2023 UNICEF has trained 18,000 unqualified teachers in the Northeast through the Global Partnership on Education (GPE) Accelerated Fund intervention project beginning from 2021. The 12-month training is…