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UNICEF Mobilizes Educational Support for Over 1,500 Displaced Children in Benue’s Makurdi Camp

In response to the aftermath of the recent Yelwata crisis, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has taken decisive steps to aid more...

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UNICEF Warns of Severe Malnutrition Treatment Crisis Due to Funding Shortfalls

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has issued a stark warning that 1.3 million children under five, suffering from severe acute...

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Lagos Begins 8.1km Pipeline Installation to Boost Water Supply

The Lagos State Government has begun the installation of an 8.1-kilometer pipeline designed to transport raw water to the Adiyan Water Treatment Plant,...

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President Tinubu Approves Subsidy on Kidney Dialysis, Cuts Cost from N50,000 to N12,000

President Bola Tinubu has approved a subsidy on kidney dialysis services for Nigerians, significantly reducing the cost from N50,000 to N12,000 per session....

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World AIDS Day: A child was infected with HIV every two minutes in 2020 – UNICEF

 At least 300,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020, or one child every two minutes, UNICEF said in a report released...

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Nigeria has highest number of air pollution-related child pneumonia deaths in the world – UNICEF

As the world commemorates World Pneumonia Day today, UNICEF revealed that Nigeria has the highest number of overall air pollution-related pneumonia deaths of...

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Blasphemy: UNICEF condemns sentencing of 13-year-old to 10 years imprisonment in Kano

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said the sentencing of a 13-year-old boy identified as Omar Farouq to 10 years’ imprisonment over...

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UNICEF: Kano leading highest number of malnourished children in Nigeria

The Chief of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nutrition Section in Nigeria, Simeon Nanama, says a survey by the organisation reveals that Kano...

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Nigerian Army Lifts Suspension on UNICEF Activities In North East After Emergency Meeting

The suspension placed on UNICEF activities in the North East by the Nigerian Army has been lifted. okay.ng recalls that the Nigerian Army...