Nigeria recorded a five per cent increase in violent cases against children between 2016 and 2021, according to the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), developed...
The United Nations Children’s Fund,UNICEF, has hailed rescue of 50 children abducted and held against their will in Ondo State. A statement by UNICEF Nigeria Representative, Peter...
Boko Haram and other insurgent groups recruited over 8,000 girls and boys as child soldiers in 13 years, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on...
The United Nations Children’s Fund has disclosed that the agency will be needing no less than $2.4bn to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals target in...
The United Nations Children’s Fund on Thursday commended the Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammed Abubakar, for signing the Child Protection Bill into Law in the state....
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that this year’s Children’s Day comes at a challenging moment as the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the number...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on the Kano state government to urgently reverse the sentencing of Umar Farouq, a 13-year-old boy, to 10...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 946,000 children are out of formal school education system in Katsina State. The UNICEF Chief of...
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...
Years of violence by Islamist Boko Haram militants have taken a “devastating toll” on children living in the Lake Chad basin, the United Nations Children’s Fund...
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 Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says violence and attacks against civilian populations in the north east and in countries along the northeastern border have forced...