Tag: Children
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UNICEF wants digital-safe Internet for children
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for a safe digital world for children while canvassing for the need to increase online access to benefit the most disadvantaged ones. The United Nations (UN) program headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries, said 1…
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Sokoto targets 1m children in anti-measles campaign
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has flagged off the 2017 measles vaccination campaign with a target of reaching one million children across the state. Speaking at the flag off ceremony in Gwadabawa local government area of the state, Tambuwal said all necessary arrangements have been concluded for a successful exercise. He said the…
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Over 270,000 Nigerian children living with HIV – UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said that no fewer than 270,000 estimated children aged 0 to 14 years were living with HIV in Nigeria in 2016. The figure represented the lion share of half of the 540,000 total infected children in West and Central Africa over the same year. Nigeria also recorded 37,000 new…
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11 children die of whooping cough in Kano
The Kiru Local Government Council of Kano State says about 11 children have died of whooping cough at Kankwana village. This is contained in a statement issued by the Information Officer of the local government council, Malam Rabiu Khalil. Khalil said about 40 other children affected by the same disease were receiving medical attention. Malam…
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59,000 children die annually of water-related diseases in Nigeria – FG
The Federal Government has said over 59,000 children under the age of five die yearly from preventable water and sanitation related diseases. The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu said this at a news conference to commemorate the 2017 Global Handwashing Day on Thursday in Abuja. The minister also noted that washing with soap before…
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Photos/Video: FRSC arrest suspected child-trafficker with 14 children
Operatives of the Ebonyi State Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, on Wednesday arrested a suspected child-trafficker caught with 14 underage children. The car conveying the children, a black Toyota Sienna with plate number, GDD 252 YD, was intercepted on the highway by some FRSC officials. According to a statement released by…
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We’ll support immunization of children displaced by Boko Haram in Borno – FG
The Federal Government on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to support immunization of children displaced by Boko Haram insurgency in Borno. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Presidential Senior Technical Adviser on Disaster Risk Management, said this at the closing of a two-day workshop for disaster management personnel in Maiduguri. Oke-Osanyintolu, said the immunization and deworming exercise would…
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Nigeria needs to appease children to get out of recession- Majek Fashek
Nigerian Reggae legend, Majek Fashek fondly called the rain maker has urged the federal government to appease Nigerian children in order to get the country out of the prevailing economic recession. He emphasized that the government needs to pay attention to children and cater for their well-being . The revered Reggae legend also stated…
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Photos: Man, wife, two children found dead in their apartment in Kogi
A man identified as Segun Ayodele, his wife and two children were found dead in their Obajana apartment in Kogi State last Friday. They were believed to have died in their sleep after reportedly inhaling fumes from a generator kept inside a toilet in their self-contained apartment. The family of four was said to have…
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Nigeria has over 50% of world’s out-of-school children
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Adamu Hussaini, has disclosed that Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children in the world. Hussaini made the disclosure yesterday at the opening of the 62nd National Council on Education (NCE) in Kano. He said it was worrisome that the situation had adversely affected efforts to meet…