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UNICEF, GAVI Hand Over $8.5M Primary Healthcare Project to Katsina State Government

EDITORFebruary 19, 2025

by EDITORFebruary 19, 20250173

By MUHAMMED DANBABA Programme Significantly Reduces Child Mortality and Boosts Immunization Coverage Katsina, Nigeria – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and GAVI, the global...

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UNICEF to Boost Digital Education in Bauchi State Government Schools

EDITORJanuary 31, 2025

by EDITORJanuary 31, 20250393

By DAYO ADESULU The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is taking significant steps to enhance digital education in government schools across Bauchi State. This initiative...

Health

UNICEF Urges $15M Investment to Tackle Malnutrition, Open Defecation in Northern Nigeria

EDITORJanuary 23, 2025

by EDITORJanuary 23, 20250125

By DAYO ADESULU The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on the governments of Katsina, Sokoto, and Zamfara States to commit $15 million in...

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YABATECH Partners with Lagos State Women Affairs Ministry to Empower Girl-Child

EDITORDecember 13, 2024December 13, 2024

by EDITORDecember 13, 2024December 13, 20240206

By DAYO ADESULU Introduction of the Partnership Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) is set to sign a significant agreement with the Lagos State Ministry of...

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UNICEF says 75% of Nigerian Children Can’t Read

EDITORJanuary 24, 2023

by EDITORJanuary 24, 202301217

Seventy-five per cent of Nigerian children between the ages of seven and 14 are reportedly incapable of reading a single sentence or even resolving a...

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UNICEF Raises Alarm Over Russia’s Explosive Munitions Consequences On Ukraine’s Children

EDITORMarch 4, 2022

by EDITORMarch 4, 20220510

Half a million children have been forced to flee their homes in Ukraine by Russia’s invasion and devastating aerial assault, the U.N. children’s agency (UNICEF)...

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Reports of excessive use of force against children in Sudan

LEVI JOHNSONDecember 23, 2021December 23, 2021

by LEVI JOHNSONDecember 23, 2021December 23, 20210527

“The increase in inter-communal violence in West Darfur, most recently in Jebel Moon has resulted in a high death toll, including children. Families continue to...

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UNICEF Partners Liquid Intelligent Technologies To Bridge Giga’s Digital Divide In Africa

EDITORDecember 1, 2021

by EDITORDecember 1, 20210689

 UNICEF and Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid.Tech), a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, announced today a partnership in support of Giga’s work to...

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Mastercard Foundation, Africa CDC’s Saving Lives and Livelihoods Give 15 million Vaccines

EDITORNovember 25, 2021

by EDITORNovember 25, 20210669

The Mastercard Foundation (www.MastercardFdn.org) and Africa CDC jointly announced that 15.2 million vaccines purchased under the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative are currently being distributed across...

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Nokia, UNICEF, Orange Foundation Partner To Empower Young People In Morocco

EDITORNovember 18, 2021

by EDITORNovember 18, 20210647

Nokia (Nokia.com), UNICEF and Orange Foundation to empower young people with digital, entrepreneurial and environmental skills, as well as knowledge about climate change as part...