UNICEF, Airtel Africa, FG Expand Free Digital Learning to Nearly 2,000 Nigerian Schools
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Airtel Africa and the Federal Government have reaffirmed their commitment to expanding access to free digital education, technology skills and employment opportunities for Nigerian children and young people.…
NPC, UNICEF Demonstrate Digital Birth Registration Process in Lagos
The National Population Commission (NPC), in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has intensified efforts to improve birth registration in Nigeria with a practical demonstration of the digital registration process at the Eti-Osa…
UNICEF: Unregistered Children Risk Losing Access to Education, Healthcare, Social Protection
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that children without birth registration risk being excluded from essential public services and social protection programmes, stressing that legal identity is a foundation for exercising basic rights…
Breastfeeding Misinformation Still Threatens Infant Health as World Breastfeeding Week Ends
As the 2026 World Breastfeeding Week concludes on Friday, health experts are urging governments, families and communities to tackle persistent misinformation and strengthen support systems that enable mothers to breastfeed successfully. This year’s…
Nigerian Children Are Caught Between Promise, Policy and Persistent Exclusion
Every society is often judged not by the strength of its present, but by the wellbeing of its children. In Nigeria, that verdict is increasingly shaped by a troubling paradox, a nation rich in youthful population, yet burdened by one of the highest rates…
Oyo State Pushes Programme-Based Budgeting to Drive Inclusive Development
The Oyo State Government says it is setting the pace for effective governance by strengthening a programme-based budget system that prioritizes the critical needs of its people. Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Prof. Musibau Babatunde…
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