Tag: UNICEF
Sokoto, UNICEF sign agreement on N2.8b 2017 work plan
The Sokoto State Government and UNICEF on Wednesday signed a joint annual work plan worth N2.8 billion.
The work plan will cover sectors like health,...
UNICEF confirms rape, torture of Nigerian women and children in Libya
Nigerian Women and children and others making the dangerous journey to Europe to flee poverty and conflicts in Africa are being beaten, raped and...
Boko Haram recruited 2,000 children in 2016 – UNICEF
Terrorist group, Boko Haram, recruited about 2,000 children in 2016 and used them as child soldiers, UNICEF has said.
UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, disclosed...
Formerly conjoined Nigerian twins discharged from American hospital
Formerly conjoined Nigerian twin girls, Miracle and Testimony Ayeni, who were separated during an 18-hour operation in the United States of America have been...
Tambuwal is convening conference on girl-child education
Governor Aminu Tambuwal will convene a national stakeholders’ conference on girl-child education in early 2017, the Sokoto State Government has announced.
The conference, to be...
Sokoto establishes agency for girl-child education
As part of renewed efforts to enhance access to education among females in Sokoto, the state government has announced the establishment of an agency...
Meet Nigeria’s Iron Lady of water and sanitation
World Toilet Day is marked every year on 19 November as a way to raise awareness and break taboos around toilets and sanitation. This...
Two fresh polio cases reported in Nigeria
Nigeria has reported the first two cases of polio after more than two years, in an area newly liberated from Islamic extremists who attacked...
Children dying among detained Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria – Amnesty...
Babies and children are among more than 100 people to have died in detention this year in a military barracks in northeast Nigeria where...
Chibok parents identify daughters in new Boko Haram propaganda video
Three mothers of schoolgirls abducted from Chibok in northeast Nigeria two years ago said they had identified their daughters in a ‘proof of life’...