Tag: UNICEF
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Play, engage your children in learning, UNICEF advises fathers
Ahead of the 2017 Father’s Day, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stressed the need for fathers to spend more time with their children, citing critical role fathers play in early childhood learning. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Father’s Day which is on Sunday, June 18, is celebrated by Americans every third Sunday in June. TheNewsGuru.com reports…
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Children’s Day: UNICEF adopts comprehensive approach to end violence against children
The United Nations Children Fund says it is adopting a comprehensive approach to curtail violence against children in Nigeria. UNICEF Child Protection Specialist, Dr. Olasunbo Odebode, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja to mark this year’s Children’s Day. The 2017 theme is: “Child protection and SDGs:…
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Children’s Day: UNICEF seek end to violence against children
Marking Nigerian Children’s Day today, which this year is on the theme of child protection and the Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has called for urgent action to adopt the Child Rights Act across all of Nigeria’s states and to heed the President Muhammadu Buhari’s call to end violence…
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UNICEF hails release of 82 Chibok girls
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed delight at the release of the 82 of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents more than three years ago. UNICEF Nigeria Acting Representative Pernille Ironside in a statement obtained by Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from UN in New York, said the…
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Boko Haram: 600 teachers killed, 1,200 schools closed in Lake Chad – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Funds, UNICEF, has said that no fewer than 600 school teachers have lost their lives in the Lake Chad region ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency. The UN agency, in a statement made available to newsmen yesterday, revealed that the agency is targeting 158,900 Children to benefit from the training program,…
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Just in: Boko Haram used 117 children as suicide bombers
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said terrorist group, Boko Haram has used 117 children for suicide attacks in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon since 2014. In a statement on Wednesday, UNICEF said 27 children had been sent on suicide missions in 2017 alone. UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Marie-Pierre Poirier,…
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UNICEF set to vaccinate 4.7million children against measles in Nigeria
In a major vaccination campaign concluding this week, 4.7 million children are being vaccinated in response to a measles outbreak in northeast Nigeria. The campaign is covering the three states most affected by the Boko Haram conflict – Adamawa, Borno and Yobe – where insecurity has limited vaccination efforts. In 2016, there were approximately 25,000…
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WHO vaccinates 4 million children in north-eastern Nigeria
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is kicking off a mass vaccination campaign to protect more than 4 million children against a measles outbreak in conflict-affected states in north-eastern Nigeria this week. The two-week campaign, which starts on 13 January, will target all children aged from 6 months to 10 years in accessible…
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Senate seek out media support on malnutrition enlightenment
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Dr Lanre Tejuoso, has solicited media support on the ongoing campaign against malnutrition in the country. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Tejuoso made the appeal in an interview in Abuja on Tuesday on the sideline of a two-day workshop on effective media engagement in the fight…
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FG should provide quality services as response to violence–UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that the Federal Government has the main responsibility for preventing and responding to violence with quality services in place. The Chief of Child Protection, UNICEF, Nigeria, Mrs. Rachel Harvey made this known on Wednesday in Lagos. Harvey spoke on the sidelines of the campaign to End Violence Against Children…