By Umar Dankano, Yola The Adamawa State Government, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Helen Keller International have called on families, employers, healthcare workers and communities to support mothers and promote exclusive…
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UNICEF, EU-SARAH Donate Medical Equipment Worth Millions to Adamawa Govt
By Umar Dankano, Yola The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the European Union-funded SARAH Initiative, has donated medical equipment worth millions of naira to the Adamawa State Government to…
UNICEF Marks International Day of Play 2026 in Kano
By Mustapha Salisu As part of activities marking the 2026 International Day of Play (IDOP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday organized a commemorative event at Kuka Bulukiya Primary School…
North-West Governors Unite on Coordinated Strategy to Tackle Multidimensional Poverty
By Mustapha Salisu Governors from across the North-West, Nigeria on Wednesday converged in Kano to push for a more coordinated and regionally driven response to rising multidimensional poverty, with calls for stronger…
Kano Reaffirms Commitment to Social Protection, Innovative Financing Against Poverty
By Mustapha Salisu Stakeholders from across Nigeria’s Northwest converged in Kano on Tuesday for a high-level policy dialogue focused on “Reducing Multidimensional Poverty Through Scaled Social Protection Systems and Innovative Financing” The…
Mothers embrace birth registration as awareness spreads in Kano communities
By Hadiza Musa At the registration point in Waasarde Birgima, Joda Ward in Gabasawa Local Government Area of Kano State, 20-year-old Usaina Ahmad waited patiently in a queue with her eight-month-old daughter,…
UNICEF Scores Learning Outcomes of Primary School Pupils High in Yobe
From: Auwal Salim, Damaturu The United Nations Children’s Fund Borno Field Office paid a scheduled visit to the office of the Education Secretary, Nguru Local Government Education Authority (LGEA), Alhaji Hamisu Ado….
Yobe Govt, UNICEF Strengthen Media Partnership Ahead of OBR Campaign
From Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu The Yobe State Government, in collaboration with UNICEF, has intensified efforts to ensure the success of the forthcoming Outbreak Response (OBR) campaign by engaging media personnel, social…
North East: Stakeholders Resolve to Strengthen Child Protection Rights
From Umar Dankano, Yola Stakeholders have urged governments to take all necessary actions to protect child rights, particularly with regard to bodily autonomy in the North East and across the country. The…
Ethical reporting: Child protection must guide every story – NAWOJ Chair tells journalists
By Hadiza Musa Yusuf The Chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Lagos Chapter, Jumoke Falayi, has urged journalists to prioritise child protection in every report involving children. Falayi made…
NPC records over 36,000 digital birth registrations in Kano
By Hadiza Musa Yusuf The National Population Commission (NPC) says it has recorded over 36,000 digital birth registrations in Kano State within the last nine months, as part of efforts to strengthen…
Adamawa: Invest in First 1,000 Days to Safeguard a Child’s Future, Experts Advise
From Umar Dankano, Yola Stakeholders in the health sector have urged governments and parents to give utmost attention to the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, describing it as the most…
Jigawa pledges enhance WASH facilities to promote education
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…
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)…