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A new report by the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF), has revealed that over 61,000 female teachers were needed in the northern part of Nigeria to increase girl child enrolment, retention, completion of basic education and improved girl education outcomes. The report, which...

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Monday attacked Rann, leaving “thousands of people” running across the border to safety in neighbouring Cameroon. In December, the insurgents had attacked the town, burning a UNICEF clinic— the only healthcare centre in the town.... Read more via TheCable...

A child born in 2019 in an African country will likely not to live up to 2100 or witness the beginning of the 22nd century, according to a new report by UNICEF using World Data Lab’s (WDL) algorithm projections...... Read more via Pulse Nigeria News – http://bit.ly/2LLXZVz Get More Nigeria...

The current life expectancy rates, a child born in Nigeria today is likely to live only to the year 2074. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has estimated that 25,685 babies would be born in Nigeria on New Year Day..... Read more via Tori News – http://bit.ly/2Vm2P0n Get More...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says an estimated 25,685 babies will be born in Nigeria on New Year Day...... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2EYnTUY Get More Nigeria Metro News

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has accused the Boko Haram terrorists’ factions of carrying out grave atrocities against children in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin region over the course of 2018. The UN agency, in a report ‘How the world failed children in conflict in … Read...

The Nigerian Army has restated its commitment to collaborate with United Nations agencies and other organidations to address humanitarian crisis caused by Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast...... Read more via P.M. News – http://bit.ly/2GE2FOt Get More Nigeria Metro News

There were indications last night that high- level diplomacy by the United States and the United Nations with the Presidency led to the restoration of United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) activities in the Northeast..... Read more via The Nation Nigeria –...

The Nigerian military lifted a ban on UNICEF operations in the ravaged northeast late Friday after earlier suspending the aid agency and accusing it of training “spies” supporting Boko Haram jihadists.… Read more via 360Nobs.com – https://ift.tt/2QvAmpY Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian military on Friday accused United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) staff of spying for Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria, and suspended the agency's activities there. The northeast has been torn apart by a decade-long insurgency by Boko Haram.... Read more via Mercury by...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that Nigeria loses $6.1 billion of its earning to violence against children. The international agency said the money lost by Nigeria to violence against children accounts to 1.07% of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).... Read...

The Deputy Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, Pernille Ironside, has decried the growing population of out-of-school children in north. Speaking on Wednesday in Kaduna at the Northern Nigeria Traditional Leaders Conference on Out-of-School Children...

The United Nations Children Fund on Tuesday appealed to Boko Haram to release all the children in its captivity. The United Nations agency also warned against the conscription of children by armed groups in the terrorism war in the North East.... Read more via Plus TV Africa –...

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has expressed concern over the poor attitude of people towards healthy sanitary conditions, saying Nigerians prefer cell phones to improved toilets. Specifically, the UN agency said 140 million Nigerians have.... Read more via The Trent Newspaper –...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has declared a state of emergency in the nations Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector. UNICEF’s Chief WASH, Zaid Jurji who made this known Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2D4gPXs Get More Nigeria Metro News

The UN Children’s Fund on Friday said that it will open a new Ebola-response front in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). WHO said that it would provide support to thousands of people, including children, following the recent confirmation of new Ebola cases there. In a latest …...

The UN Children’s Fund said more than 82,500 children are being prepared for the new school year in Ebola-affected areas of the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ..... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2NznSba Get more World News

For every 10 Nigerian children that are at least five years old, there are no records about the birth of seven. Even though these children have names, their birth … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2nU2Fhh Get More Nigeria Metro News

UNICEF Saturday welcomed the release of 24 children aged 12 to 17 from Nigerian Army administrative custody after they were cleared of suspected ties with armed groups.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2L65Rze Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian Army on Saturday handed over 23 minors rescued from Boko Haram to United Nations Children Fund for rehabilitation. Maj.-Gen. Abbah Dikko, Theatre Commander of... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2OJjwP8 Get More Nigeria Metro News