Tag: UNICEF
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Stop breastfeeding your husbands – Enugu Commissioner tells wives
Commissioner for Gender Affairs of Enugu State, Hon. Peace Nnaji want women to stop breastfeeding their husbands and reserve the breastmilk for their babies instead. The Commissioner made the remark at a United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) media dialogue with selected journalists from South East, South-South, and parts of North Central. She explained…
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Cholera outbreak kills 30 in Jigawa
A cholera outbreak in Jigawa has killed at least 30 people with more than 2,000 hospitalised in the past two months in the state. Dr Salisu Mu’azu, Permanent Secretary, Jigawa State Ministry of Heath, who confirmed the outbreak, said that most of the infected cases were children recorded in nine local government areas of the…
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UNICEF expresses deep concern over attacks against children, child abductions in parts of West, Central Africa
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has described the latest abduction of students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna by armed bandits as one too many a tide that must be stopped forthwith. According to a Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore, “On July 5th, 150 students were reportedly abducted from a school in…
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UNICEF worried over continued detention of 150 Niger students in bandits captivity
The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has expressed dismay over the continued detention of 150 students of Salihu Tanko Islamiya School, Tegina, in Rafi local government area of Niger state by bandits. The UN body, in a statement Monday says it is concerned that schools have become targets by bandits in Nigeria, stressing that it…
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Children’s Day: Reinforce child rights protection, UN tells Nigeria
As Nigeria struggles with the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund has called for strengthening on efforts geared towards protecting the rights of children in the country. Making the call on Thursday in a statement to memorialize the 2021 Children’s Day, the UNICEF’s Country Director in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, lamented…
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48m people need safe water in 9 conflict countries – UNICEF
UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 48 million people are estimated to need safe water and sanitation services in the nine countries, where violence and conflict are prevalent. The countries are Central African Republic, Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen. UNICEF in a report released on Tuesday said lack…
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Over 1.2 million children yet to be immunized in Nigeria -UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 1.2 million children in Nigeria are yet to be immunized. The figure accounts for about six per cent of 20 million children globally who are yet to be vaccinated. Mrs Folashade Adebayo, UNICEF’s Communication Officer, made the disclosure in Yola on Wednesday, at an ongoing…
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COVID-19: Stop spreading rumours, get vaccinated — UNICEF tells Nigerians
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged Nigerians to get vaccinated against the novel Coronavirus instead of spreading rumours about the efficacy of vaccine which is to prevent the virus. Mrs Elizabeth Onitolo, UNICEF Specialist, Communication for Development (C4D), made the call at a three-day media dialogue in Yola on Tuesday. According to Onitolo,…
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26.5m Nigerian children experiencing high water vulnerability – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF says no fewer than 26.5 million Nigerian Children do not have enough water to meet their daily needs and are experiencing high or extremely high water vulnerability. UNICEF in a statement to commemorate the 2021 World Water Day, said globally, more than 1.42 billion people – including 450 million…
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UNICEF condemns brutal attack, abduction of schoolgirls in Zamfara
The United Nations Children Fund says it is angered and saddened by the abduction of over 300 schoolgirls in an overnight attack on the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe, Talata in the Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, North-West Nigeria. “We are angered and saddened and by yet another brutal attack on schoolchildren…