By Hadiza Musa Yusuf The Executive Chairman of the Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Haruna Musa, has said the state government is fully aware of the challenges facing basic…
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Free Nutrition Supplement Boosts Infant Growth, Reduces Malnutrition in Jos
From Tongnaan Bawa Jos The Plateau State Government’s investment in preventive child nutrition is beginning to show measurable impact, as a free nutrition supplement programme supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund…
UNICEF collaborates Adamawa Govt. to rehabilitate six primary health care facilities in 5 LGAs
From Umar Dankano, Yola The Adamawa state government is collaborating with the United Nations Children’s Education Fund, UNICEF in addressing child and maternal mortality by improving access to primary healthcare services in…
Caregivers Trained as Gombe-UNICEF Partnership Fights Child Malnutrition
From Abubakar Rabilu, Gombe Mothers in Malam-Sidi Community, Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State, have praised the partnership between the Gombe State Government and UNICEF for significantly reducing child malnutrition in…
Investigation: How Nigeria’s Kano State Hisbah Rounded Up Street Children for a Rehabilitation Centre—Left Them in Limbo
By Mariya Shuaibu Suleiman Abubakar remembers the night everything changed. The corridor where he slept was quiet, the kind of silence only street children learn to trust. Then a hand tapped him…
Kano targets over 3m children for polio vaccination
Kano State, together with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and UNICEF, has announced that nearly 3.9m children will be targeted in the November polio vaccination campaign, which begins on…
Adamawa: Ganye LG Collaborates with UNICEF on Immunization Campaigns
From Umar Dankano, Yola The Ganye Local Government Council in Adamawa State has inaugurated a 100-member committee tagged “Fathers for Good Health,” tasked with creating awareness and promoting immunization across the ten…
Food Insecurity: UNICEF empowers local actors to deliver life-saving aid in North East Nigeria
From Alhaji Yusuf, Damaturu The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is expanding its flagship local capacity-building program from Borno State to Yobe State in Northeast Nigeria as part of a strategic move…
Adamawa to sustain out-of-school children (GPE-AF) program as Unicef wraps up project
From Umar Dankano, Yola The Adamawa state government has vow to sustain the Accelerated Basic Education Program (ABEP) meant for addressing the challenge of out-of-school children bedeviling most states in the country….
UNICEF, NPC Train Gombe Health Workers on Digital Birth Registration
From Hajara Usman, Gombe The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the National Population Commission (NPC), has conducted a three-day Train-the-Trainers workshop in Gombe State to equip frontline health workers…
Gov. Yusuf Lauds UNICEF, FCDO for Investments in Health, Education
Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has expressed gratitude to UNICEF and the Foreign, Commonwealth, Development Office (FCDO) for their significant investments in improving education and healthcare facilities across the state….
UNICEF Urge Gombe Lawmakers to Prioritize Child-Focused Budgeting
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed to lawmakers and government key officials in Gombe State to prioritize children at the heart of the budget planning and…
UNICEF Donates Nutrient Supplements to Gov. Mutfwang to Fight Child Malnutrition in Plateau
From Tongnaan Bawa Jos Plateau State Governor. Caleb Mutfwang of the State in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has distributed 5,392 cartons of Small Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (SQ-LNS)…
Tackling Malnutrition: Plateau’s Bold Step for Child Nutrition with UNICEF Support
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos The fight against child malnutrition in Plateau State is evolving from scattered household practices into a structured public health campaign that blends cultural knowledge with modern science. For…
Gavi, UNICEF pledge support to improve vaccine access, hand over 28 solar-powered PHCs in Kano
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has handed over 28 newly solar-powered Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities to the Kano State Government and the National…
Kano Governor Assures Development Partners Judicious Spending of Funds
…As He welcomes Continues Partnerships Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has assured the Development Partners that funds allocated to the state would be judiciously used. He added since the assumption…
Gov. Yusuf reactivates malnutrition centre to save 17,000 severely malnourished children
In a major step towards combating child malnutrition, Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has reactivated Community Management of Acute Malnutrition centres across the 44 local government areas of the state,…
U-reporters, youth rally to promote breastfeeding awareness in Kano
U-Reporters, supported by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), joined other youth groups in Kano on Friday to hold rallies marking World Breastfeeding Week 2025. Speaking during the rally at…
Increase paid maternity leave to support mothers – UNICEF tells Kano govt
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on the Kano State Government to extend the number of paid maternity leave days to help protect the health of mothers and their babies…
UNICEF Appoints New Country Representative for Nigeria
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced the appointment of Ms. Wafaa Saeed Abdelatef as the new UNICEF Country Representative in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a…
UNICEF Urges Increased Investment to Save 1.5 Million Under-Five Children in Jigawa
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on Jigawa State stakeholders to scale up budget allocations, releases, and spending on child-focused initiatives to safeguard the lives and…
Warawa surpasses polio immunisation target with 59,391 children vaccinated — Health Educator
Warawa Local Government Area of Kano State has successfully vaccinated 59,391 children during the just-concluded polio immunisation campaign, surpassing its original target of 57,754 children. The Health Educator of Warawa LGA, Bello…
Kano Dep. Governor Hosts Immunization Taskforce, Debunks Polio Vaccination Myths
By Mustapha Salisu Kano State Deputy Governor, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, has debunked the widespread myth that routine polio immunization prevents women from conceiving. He made this clarification on Friday while presiding…
Plateau Gov’t Adopts FSM With Support From UNICEF
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos Plateau State Government has adopted a comprehensive Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) strategy, with support from UNICEF and key sanitation experts as part of efforts to improving public health,…
Stakeholders Advocate New Strategies to Improve Nutrition in Adamawa
From Umar Dankano, Yola Key stakeholders, including agricultural experts, nutritionists, academics, media professionals, and non-governmental organizations, have called for the adoption of more effective strategies to enhance quality nutrition across all stages…