Nigeria Records 20,210 Births on Jan. 1 – UNICEF
Agency Report The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that approximately 20,210 babies were born in Nigerian on the New Year’s Day. The births represented...
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NGO, Assures Widows of Military Personnel of Continued Support
By ALEX UANGBAOJE, Kaduna The Lieutenant Col. Kabiru Yusuf Help for Heroes foundation in Kaduna has assured military widows of its continued support in all...
Environment contributes 80% to children’s IQ – UNICEF
Agency Report The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 says 80 per cent of children’s IQ is derived from the environment....
90 Kids Arrested in An FBI Raid on Likoni Madrasa
Detectives from the FBI and the Scotland Yard arrested 90 children and two preachers in a raid on a suspected terror cell in Mombasa. The...
Yuletide: Widows of Soldiers Laud NGO for Providing Them With Succor
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna Some Plateau and Bauchi widows of soldiers who lost their lives in fight against insurgents, Boko Haram, has commended the founder...
Nigeria: Save the Children, CSOs, Engages KDSG For Better Health Service Delivery
By ALEX UANGBAOJE, Kaduna Achieving universal health coverage with a motivated workforce drew the attention of Civil Society Organizations in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, recently to...
HIV Prevention in Kaduna: UNICEF Distributes 47,385 Condoms to Young Persons in 4 Month
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), said she has distributed 47,385 male and female condoms to young people between the age of...
Poverty Amounts to 56.6% of Maternal Death in Nigeria – Expert
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna A health professional, Malam Lawal Abubakar, Chairman, Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) in Kaduna State, has revealed that high poverty...
HIV in adolescents: UNICEF Spends N200m to tackle Concern in Kaduna State
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna Kaduna State The officer in-charge of UNICEF Field Office, Kaduna, Dr Idris Baba on Tuesday said the organisation has scaled up...
Oil Spillage: 4 of Every 10 Ogoni Newborns die, MOSOP blames it on Shell, FG
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, has decried the high rate of infant mortality in Ogoniland, Rivers State, noting that four of 10...