Tag: UNICEF
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’...
10-fold increase in Boko Haram child suicide bombers alarming, says UN
The number of children used by Boko Haram to stage suicide bombings has risen more than 10-fold in one of the most "horrific" aspects...
Tambuwal flags off enrolment of 1.2m kids into Sokoto schools
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State Tuesday flagged off an enrolment program which seeks to admit one million, two hundred and sixty eight thousand...
Boko Haram attacks keep one million children from school
The Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has forced more than 1 million children out of school, heightening the risk they will...
A market approach to ending child deaths from preventable disease, by...
Around the world more than 2.5 billion people do not have access to a toilet, and more than 1 billion people defecate in the...
Number of children displaced by Boko Haram hits 1.4m
The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4 million, the United Nations children agency...
Andy Murray pledges to make every ace count for refugees
By Toby Prince
Tennis super star, Andy Murray, has pledged 50 pounds ($77.59) to children's charity UNICEF for every ace he hits for the rest...