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UNICEF bemoans incessant closure of schools due to COVID-19 pandemic

Posted by Mayowa Oladeji
|Date: January 13, 2021
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UNICEF bemoans incessant closure of schools due to COVID-19 pandemic

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried the continued closure of schools in “too many cou ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried the continued closure of schools in “too many countries” on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement on Tuesday, January 12, the agency ...

January 13, 2021
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UNICEF to feed hungry UK children for first time in its history

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: December 17, 2020
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UNICEF to feed hungry UK children for first time in its history

UNICEF, the UN’s child protection wing will for the first time intervene to support those; at risk of hun ...

UNICEF, the UN’s child protection wing will for the first time intervene to support those; at risk of hunger in the UK following the “unprecedented” impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable communities. ...

December 17, 2020
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UN, UNICEF condemn attack on Katsina schoolboys, implore FG to ensure rescue from bandits

Posted by Mayowa Oladeji
|Date: December 14, 2020
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UN, UNICEF condemn attack on Katsina schoolboys, implore FG to ensure rescue from bandits

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack by suspected bandits at Government Science ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack by suspected bandits at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State on Dec. 11. Guterres’ reaction came in a statement ...

December 14, 2020
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UNICEF excited over polio eradication in Nigeria

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: November 18, 2020
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UNICEF excited over polio eradication in Nigeria

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says; the eradication of polio in Nigeria amidst the o ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says; the eradication of polio in Nigeria amidst the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic is its greatest achievement in 2020. Dr Zakari Adam, ...

November 18, 2020
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Facebook bans ads that discourage vaccination, but not anti-vaccine posts

Posted by Kingsley Alaribe
|Date: October 14, 2020
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Facebook bans ads that discourage vaccination, but not anti-vaccine posts

Facebook has unveiled a new global policy around ads related to public health. The social networking gian ...

Facebook has unveiled a new global policy around ads related to public health. The social networking giant is banning ads that dissuade people from getting vaccinated for any reason. The company noted ...

October 14, 2020
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UNICEF inaugurates implementation of ‘Girls-for-Girls’ programme in Adamawa schools

Posted by Mayowa Oladeji
|Date: October 07, 2020
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UNICEF inaugurates implementation of ‘Girls-for-Girls’ programme in Adamawa schools

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is set to commence the implementation ...

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is set to commence the implementation of the ‘Girls-for-Girls’ (G4G) intervention Programme in 275 selected schools in Adamawa State ...

October 07, 2020
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Auschwitz Memorial director writes Buhari over serving prison sentence of Kano boy sentenced for blasphemy

Posted by Mayowa Oladeji
|Date: September 25, 2020
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Auschwitz Memorial director writes Buhari over serving prison sentence of Kano boy sentenced for blasphemy

Dr Piotr Cywinski, the director of the Auschwitz Memorial in Poland, on Friday, September 25, wrote a hea ...

Dr Piotr Cywinski, the director of the Auschwitz Memorial in Poland, on Friday, September 25, wrote a heartfelt letter to President Muhammadu Buhari offering to serve the sentence of a 13-year-old Nig ...

September 25, 2020
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UNICEF says majority of Nigerian children don’t have birth certificates

Posted by Mayowa Oladeji
|Date: September 22, 2020
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UNICEF says majority of Nigerian children don’t have birth certificates

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday, September 21, revealed that around 57 per cent of ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday, September 21, revealed that around 57 per cent of Nigerian children under the age of five years don’t have birth certificates. Victor Atuchukwu, ...

September 22, 2020
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UNICEF condemns Kano Sharia Court for jailing 13-year-old boy for blasphemy

Posted by Mayowa Oladeji
|Date: September 16, 2020
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UNICEF condemns Kano Sharia Court for jailing 13-year-old boy for blasphemy

The UN children's agency Unicef, on Wednesday, September 16, called on the Federal Government to urgently ...

The UN children's agency Unicef, on Wednesday, September 16, called on the Federal Government to urgently review an Islamic court's decision to sentence a 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for bla ...

September 16, 2020
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Obasanjo bemoans Nigeria’s educational system, reveals 14m children out of school

Posted by Mayowa Oladeji
|Date: August 22, 2020
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Obasanjo bemoans Nigeria’s educational system, reveals 14m children out of school

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, August 22, declared that in Nigeria today, over 14 milli ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, August 22, declared that in Nigeria today, over 14 million children that should be in school are not in school, and thereby also deprived of education. ...

August 22, 2020
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