by Emma Batha LONDON, Oct 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Ugandan schoolgirl Auma got her first period she asked her mother for sanitary pads. Her...
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says since January, Boko Haram insurgents have used 83 children as “human bombs”. In a statement, UNICEF said while 55 were...
Famine looms in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan with close to 1.4 million children at risk of dying from severe acute malnutrition, UNICEF has said. UNICEF...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly a half million children will face starvation in northeastern Nigeria next year and 80,000 will die if they don’t get treatment...
The United Nations says that it has negotiated the release of nearly 900 children detained by the Nigerian Army and other security forces after they reclaimed...
The 21 Chibok girls and other girls rescued last week need intensive support to rebuild their lives, UNICEF has said. They face a new ordeal of...
The Minister of Health, Prof.Isaac Adewole, yesterday, confirmed an outbreak of wild polio virus, WPV, in Borno State. This is coming after Nigeria celebrated two years...
Saraki Calls for Calm as UN Humanitarian Convoy is Attacked – Calls on UN to resume activities Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Friday called...
The United Nation Children’s Fund on Wednesday said Kaduna State has over 1.6 million malnourished children, the highest in Nigeria. UNICEF’s Nutrition Specialist, Dr Florence Oni,...
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Having been kidnapped by Boko Haram, held for almost a year, and raped by several militants, 28-year-old Aisha Umar could have been...
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with Sokoto government, is set to train 830 female teachers. The scheme, which is to provide enough role...
The United Nations International Children Fund (UNICEF) on Monday stated that no fewer than 600,000 out of 1.1 million children below the age of five in...