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Nigeria: Empowering Children to stem the tide of the Coronavirus in Lagos

Thirteen-year old Elizabeth Ogunsanya is not happy with the temporary closure of schools in Lagos, Nigeria. The closure is meant…

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Nigeria: 2 million children could die in the next decade unless more is done to fight pneumonia

Boosting efforts to fight pneumonia could avert over 2 million child deaths from pneumonia and other major diseases in Nigeria,…

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Nigeria welcomes over 26,000 babies on New Year’s day

No fewer than 26,039 babies, representing seven percent of global new babies, will be born in Nigeria on January 1st,…

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Oyo To Support UNICEF on Enlightenment and Advocacy

Oyo State government has assured that advocacy and enlightenment programs of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) would…

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Soyinka, top musical artists, business leaders rally for children’s rights

Leaders from Nigeria’s private sector and entertainment industry on Thursday joined Nobel Laureate,  Prof. Wole Soyinka for a reading of…

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29 million babies born into conflict in 2018 – UNICEF

More than 29 million babies were born into conflict-affected areas in 2018, UNICEF said today. Armed violence across countries including…

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More women, children survive today than ever before – Report

More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released…

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EU provides N102m additional humanitarian aid to tackle child undernutrition in Sokoto, Zamfara

The European Union is allocating an additional €300 000 (N102m) in humanitarian aid to provide life-saving treatment to undernourished children…

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Nigeria introduces Meningitis A Conjugate Vaccine into Routine Expanded Programme on Immunization Schedule

Nigeria has introduced the Meningitis A Conjugate Vaccine into the routine Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) schedule.  Speaking during the…

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115 million boys, men around the world married as children – UNICEF

An estimated 115 million boys and men around the world were married as children, UNICEF said today in its first…

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