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UNICEF Partners Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara to Strengthen Early Childhood Education Across Region

NewsDeskNgFeb 25, 2026February 25, 20260

UNICEF and three states collaborate to expand access, awareness, and community support for quality early childhood education. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the governments of Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states, is taking steps to strengthen Early Childhood Education (ECCE) in the region. A two-day high-level advocacy...

UNICEF Says Nigeria Records 14 Million Registered Births In Two Years

NewsDeskNgFeb 21, 2026February 21, 20260

UNICEF reports 14 million births registered in Nigeria within two years, boosting child identity and legal recognition nationwide. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that the number of children whose births are officially registered in Nigeria within the past two years has risen significantly to 14 million. UNICEF...

UNICEF worries over increasing out-of-school children in Ogun

NewsDeskNgSep 12, 2024September 12, 20240

The United Nations International Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has expressed worry over the rising number of out-of-school children in Ogun State, saying not less than 43.3 per cent of children in the state are not in school. Chief of UNICEF Field Office for South West Nigeria, Celine Lafoucriere, expressed the concern...

UNICEF seeks support for out-of-school children

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has called on families, schools, and other stakeholders to support teenage girls who dropped out of school due to pregnancy issues to complete their studies. UNICEF Education Specialist, Azuka Mentiki, made this appeal at a two-day stakeholders meeting in Ibadan. The meeting was organized...

Out-of-school children worries UNICEF, partners Southwest states to tackle menace

NewsDeskNgAug 13, 2024August 13, 20240

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has forged partnerships with Southwest states in order to tackle the issue of out-of-school children within the region and identify the root causes of the menace. While expressing worry over the number of out-of school children, UNICEF stressed the need for states to adopt...

Armed conflict: 10m children in Central Sahel need assistance – UNICEF

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says children are increasingly caught up in armed conflict in the climate-affected, food insecure central Sahel region. “Brutal” armed conflict has left 10 million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in need of humanitarian assistance – more than double the number in 2020, UNICEF warned...