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Out-of-school children: ‘Jigawa, Kano, Katsina top list’ – UNICEF

May 4, 2026May 4, 2026 Aminu Imam

Jigawa, Kano and Katsina in Nigeria’s North-West region have been identified as states with the highest number of out-of-school children crisis, as UNICEF stressed that urgent investment in early childhood education remained critical to turning the tide. According to UNICEF, Nigeria currently accounts for about 18.3 million out-of-school children, the highest number globally. An education consultant with UNICEF Kano Field Office, A’isha Abdullahi, disclosed this at a 2-day dialogue for journalists from Jigawa, Kano and Katsina states, while presenting a paper on foundation learning and skills development, noting that the…

UNICEF enrols 15,000 Katsina out-of-school children into school

November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 Aminu Imam

The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), has said its efforts over the last three decades have led to about 15,000 out-of-school children being absorbed into the formal school system across Katsina State. UNICEF also said that a total of 112 Tsangaya, or Islamic, schools were integrated into the formal, or Western, education system across the state during the same period. The Chief of the UNICEF Field Office in Kano, Rahama Farah, stated this in Kano State yesterday, during a zonal commemoration of World Children’s Day and the unveiling of the…

‘52% of Kano children stunted by malnutrition’ – UNICEF

August 9, 2025August 9, 2025 Aminu Imam

The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), has raised concern over the nutritional status of children in Kano, revealing that 51.9 percent of children are stunted. Its Chief of the field office in Kano, Rahma Farah, stated this during the official handover of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food, which was held at Takai LGA. The food was procured through a joint government and UNICEF Child Nutrition Match Fund initiative. Farah noted that the figure implies that one in every two children in the state is not growing well due to chronic malnutrition. He…

‘There’re over 10m out-of-school children in Nigeria’ – UNICEF

January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 Aminu Imam

The United Nations Children Fund, (UNICEF), has said Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (2021) showed that there are currently about 10.2 million primary school children who are out of school in Nigeria. The Chief, UNICEF Field Office, Kano State, Rahama Farah, who stated this yesterday in Kano during a briefing to mark the 2025 edition of the ‘International Day of Education’, said: “There are currently about 10.2 million children at the primary level who are out-of-school in Nigeria; 16% of them are from Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states. Close to one…

Abducted Nigerian UNICEF nurse escapes captivity 6 years after

November 17, 2024November 17, 2024 Aminu Imam

A Nigerian nurse, Alice Loksha, who was kidnapped by terrorists, has escaped after six years in which she was forced into two marriages. Loksha, who had been a health worker for the United Nations Children�s Fund (UNICEF) in the North-East of Nigeria, was presented by the military to newsmen at a base in Maiduguri, on Friday. She was kidnapped on March 1, 2018, when the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist group staged a deadly raid on a camp housing 60,000 displaced people. Three UNICEF health workers and eight…

‘69.2% of Kano children are multi-dimensionally poor’ � UNICEF

September 28, 2024September 28, 2024 Aminu Imam

The United Nations Children�s Funds (UNICEF), says 69.2% of children in Kano State are multi-dimensionally poor. A Social Policy Specialist with the UNICEF, Kano Field Office, Fatima Musa, disclosed this yesterday, in her presentation during a media dialogue in Zaria, Kaduna State. The media dialogue is on: ‘Children�s Advocacy Priorities for News and Programme Managers from Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa states’. Musa explained that 69.2% of children aged 0-17 years old were defined as multi-dimensionally poor, while 59.5% of children of 0-17 years were monetarily poor in Kano. The communication…

Sokoto: ‘Nutrition supplements stolen, replaced with stones’, UNICEF alleges

August 26, 2024August 26, 2024 Aminu Imam

The United Nations Children Fund�s (UNICEF) has lamented that nutrition supplements meant for malnourished children in some communities in Sokoto State are being stolen and sold in the market. UNICEF�s Chief of Field Office in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states, Micheal Juma, expressed concerns over the theft of the items during the quarterly policymakers� meeting on Wednesday in Sokoto. Juma, who was represented by Abraham Mahama, noted that the nutrition supplements were provided by donors and distributed to healthcare centers in different communities aimed at enhancing the lives…

Malaria: WHO says Benin, Liberia, Sierra Leone roll out vaccine

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Republic of Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone have launched a large-scale rollout of the life-saving malaria vaccine targeting millions of children across the three West African nations. WHO said this in a statement as the world celebrates the 17th World Malaria Day with theme: �Advancing health equity, gender equality and human rights,�. The world health body said that the vaccine rollout, announced on World Malaria Day, seeks to further scale up vaccine deployment in the African region. �Today�s launch brings to eight the number of…

Diphtheria: UNICEF Nigeria raises alarm over unprecedented outbreak, advocates urgent vaccination

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The United Nations Children�s Fund UNICEF Nigeria has raised an alarm about the urgent need for widespread vaccination against the unprecedented outbreak of diphtheria. The outbreak has so far resulted in over 11,500 suspected cases, more than 7,000 confirmed cases, and claimed the lives of 453 people, mostly children. In a statement issued Wednesday in Kaduna, UNICEF said most cases are children aged between 4 to 15 years who have not received even a single dose of the vital vaccine, laying bare the urgency of the vaccination situation in Nigeria.…