Ex-Nigeria Int’l Footballer, Akpoborie Knocks UNICEF, Benin Republic Over Vandalized Vessel
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Nigerian International Jonathan Akpoborie has held The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the government of Benin Republic accountable over his vandalized vessel, More...
World Breastfeeding Week : Exclusive Breastfeeding, Key to Fight Child Malnutrition
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Media Coalition Against child Malnutrition (MeCAM) have declared that exclusive breastfeeding iskey to fight against child malnutrition. They More...
Boko Haram: How Teenage Girls Volunteer to Go on Suicide Mission
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A 16-year-old girl identified as Fati, who regained freedom after spending two years in Boko Haram’s captivity, has explained how teenage girls volunteer to go on suicide missions More...
1.8 Billion People Drink Water from Contaminated Faeces Material-UNICEF
Children fetching drinking water from unhygienic source LAGOS MARCH 22ND (URHOBOTODAY0-United Nation Children Education Fund (UNICEF) disclosed that data from newly available testing technology has shown that an More...
16 Million Babies Born into Conflict in 2015-UNICEF
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (URHOBOTODAY) – More than 16 million babies were born in conflict zones in 2015 – 1 in 8 of all births worldwide this year – UNICEF said today, a figure that underscores the vulnerability More...
50m Nigerians Do Not Have Access to Toilet-UNICEF
Nigerians excreting in public place LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Lack of access to toilets is endangering millions of the world’s poorest children, UNICEF said today, pointing to emerging evidence of More...
Aisha Buhari Promises to Advocate Publicly Legislation against Child Marriage
Aisha Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (URHOBOTODY)- Activities commemorating this year’s International Day of the Girl Child ended today with the investiture of Mrs. Aisha Buhari the wife of the Nigerian President as More...
UNICEF Bemoans Nigerian Uncleaniness, Says 86% Do Not Wash Hands after Cleaning Child’s Feaces
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)- In a survey that UNICEF carried out in six states, we found that an average of 82 per cent of people washed their hands before eating, while only 53 per cent of people washed their More...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Shakira, Angélique Kidjo Raise Voices in Support of New Development Era for Children
Amge;ique Kidjo LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)- –Shakira and AngéliqueKidjo celebrated today’s adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals with powerful performances before an audience at the United Nations More...
Boko Haram Made 1.4m Nigerian Children Homeless-UNICEF
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY) – The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4 million, the U.N. children agency UNICEF said More...
6 Out of Every 10 Nigerian Children Experience Physical, Emotional, Sexual Violence – Survey
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Findings from the Nigeria Violence Against Children Survey were released in Abuja on 10th September 2015 unveiling the first nationally representative data on the prevalence of More...
Neymar, Serena Williams, Touré Join UNICEF, Global Goals to Teach 500m Children on Sustainable Development Goals
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Today, the Global Goals campaign and UNICEF launched the World’s Largest Lesson, an initiative to teach children in over 100 countries about the new Sustainable Development More...
1.7m Nigerian Children are Malnourished with a Thousand Dying Everyday
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Report made available to Urbotoday an online medium has revealed that there are approximately 1.7 million under five years children who are severely acutely malnourished in Nigeria, More...
UNICEF, Media Experts Brainstorm on Solution to Child Malnutrition in Kano
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A two-day media dialogue on child malnutrition with the theme: “Spend more money on nutrition”- #StopChildMalnutritionNigeria, kicked off on Thursday in Kano. The dialogue, organized More...
UNICEF’s U-Report Social Platform Hits 1m Active Users in Developing Countries
U-Reporters who just signed up to the platform at a National Youth Service Corps camp in Abuja. Credit: © UNICEF/Nigeria/2015/Barebwoha LAGOS JULY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY) – U-Report, United Children Education Fund’s More...
Airtel Partners with UNICEF to Empower Nigerian Communities
LAGOS JULY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, have entered a partnership More...
UNICEF Frowns at Early Girl Child Marriage in Nigeria
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)- The United Nation Children Funds (UNICEF) has frowned at early girl child marriage in Nigeria. In a statement, UNICEF lamented that 25 years after the adoption of the African Children’s More...
UNICEF Laments Use of Children as Suicide Bombers, Says Boko Haram Conflict Uprooted 743,000 Children
Displaced children in IDP camp in Northern Nigeria LAGOS MAY 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)- As the world celebrate children’s day today, the United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) has lamented the use of children as suicide More...
UNICEF Launches U-Report in Nigeria, Targets One Million U-Reporters in 2015
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (URHOBOTODAY) – UNICEF and partners today launched the U-Report, an innovative SMS-based platform that empowers Nigerians by enabling them to participate and engage in policy-making and governance More...
UNICEF, Online Publishers, Others Brainstorm on Promotion of Child Rights
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), members of Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) and representative of major conventional newspapers based in Enugu, capital More...