The Chief of Education of United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, says 85 percent of Nigerian children between the ages of 1 and 14 experience violent discipline in schools, with nearly 1 in 3 children experiencing severe physical punishment.…
Survivors of FGM/C call for implementation of laws, stiff punishments
Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Abakaliki Local Government Area, Ebonyi State have called on government agencies and NGOs to ensure that the laws already available against perpetrators of FGM/C are implemented. They asked that penalties prescribed for those…
UK govt partners UBA Foundation, others in £20m drive to support girl-education in developing countries
As part of activities to mark this year’s edition of the International Women’s Day (IWD), the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has launched a new global partnership with UBA Foundation and 10 other organisations, to improve girls’ access to…
Students risk losing $17trn in lifetime earnings to COVID-19 – Report
The World Bank-UNESCO-UNICEF report has laid out the magnitude of the education crisis, stating that present generation of students now risk losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings in present value, or about 14 per cent of today’s global GDP as…
Gates Foundation, SIDA, UNICEF announce $150m for Nigeria, others
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), and UNICEF on Friday announced a $150 million financial guarantee to help UNICEF procure vaccines and other health-related supplies for Nigeria and other low- and middle-income countries…
COP26: Climate change puts one billion children at risk – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund has stated that climate change crisis has posed as a threat to one billion children, putting them at high risk. This was contained in a press release by the agency on Monday, stating that UNICEF…
Nigeria receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines
Nigeria has taken delivery of the 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, making it the third West African country to take delivery under the COVAX scheme, after Ghana and Ivory Coast. “I AM HERE, NIGERIA,” National Primary Health Care Development…
Buhari congratulates Nigerians on Wild Polio Virus Free status
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigerians as the country becomes Wild Polio Virus Free, while appreciating all partners, local and international, for their relentless efforts in ensuring the clean health bill. Describing the achievement as a joyous and historic occasion,…
FIFA launches global child safeguarding network (Punch)
FIFA promised to enhance child safeguarding standards across its 211-member associations as world football’s governing body launched a new programme on Wednesday. The FIFA Guardians toolkit has been put together after consultation with experts in the field from UNICEF and…
One in three Nigerians lacks access to drinking water — UNICEF (Punch)
The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that one in three Nigerians does not have access to basic drinking water services, adding that on the average, each of the people living in rural areas of the country has access to…