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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried that female genital mutilation (FGM) is on the rise in Nigeria and that the country ranked third globally. A press release by UNICEF on International Day of Zero Tolerance for…

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reminded the President Muhammadu Buhari of his commitment to increase Nigeria’s annual domestic education expenditure by 50 per cent over the next two years, and by 100 per cent by 2025.…

l United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concern over growing attacks against children and child abductions in parts of West and Central Africa, including Nigeria. The UN organisation lamented that in Nigeria at least 950…

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of 150 students abducted two weeks ago from Salihu Tanko Islamiya School in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State,…

Japan has donated $600,000 towards eradication of malnutrition in Borno and Yobe states, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday. UNICEF, while revealing that the fund would cater for a year, lamented that at…

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has decried that 10 million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice. An analysis released by…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on Nigerian government to put measures in place to forestall abduction of students from schools. This call was made in a statement on Tuesday by UNICEF on the heels of…

The United Nations Children Fund on Friday expressed concern over the abduction of over 317 students at the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, describing it as “a…

The United Nations Children’s Fund says closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic will impact negatively on the development, safety and wellbeing of children globally, noting that schools are not drivers of the viral…

Sweden has donated N460 million towards fighting acute malnutrition in the North East, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. A statement by UNICEF on Tuesday said Sweden is partnering with it to end malnutrition…