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    Metro UNICEF Doctor, three soldiers, 3 Aid workers killed and 3 others abducted by Boko Haram: Linda Ikeji

    Boko Haram terrorists last night stormed the military base of the 3rd Battalion in Rann headquarters of Kala-Balge local government in Borno state at about 6 pm and engaged the military in a gun battle that lasted for 5 hours. The terrorists after the attack abducted three aid workers (2 from...
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    Metro UNICEF provides uniforms, bags, sandals to 12,000 pupils in Adamawa – PM NEWS Nigeria

    UNICEF The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has provided uniforms, bags and sandals to primary school pupils in seven local government areas affected by insurgency in Adamawa. The Director, Social Mobilization, Adamawa State Universal Education Board, Hajiya Fadimatu Alfa, made the...
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    Metro Bags Donated To IDP Camps By UNICEF Diverted And Sold In The Market [SEE PHOTOS]

    A Twitter user Imam Imam, has taken to the social media platform to express his disappointment after discovering that bags meant for the IDP in Borno State are being sold at a market Sometime in June, IDP officials were exposed selling date fruits donated by Saudi Arabia See post below
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    Business Rich Countries Converge In Oslo To Discuss Nigeria Food Crisis

    Rich countries are convening in Norway this week to discuss the Nigeria food crisis, few days after world's first famine in six years was declared in South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen. The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that about 1.4 million children are at “imminent risk” of dying from...
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    Metro How Boko Haram Recruited Nearly 2000 Children In 2016

    In 2016, Boko Haram terrorists reportedly abducted nearly 2,000 children for its war against the Nigerian government. The staggering number was contained in data verified by the United Nations and its partners. UNICEF said it has released some of the child soldiers from the hold of armed...
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    Metro UNICEF Places Nigeria on ‘Death Alert,’ Declares Famine in Somalia

    The United Nations Children’s Fund says some 1.4 million children are at “imminent risk” of dying from severe acute malnutrition this year as famine looms across Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. “Time is running out for more than a million children,” said UNICEF Executive Director...
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    Metro Nigeria: UN, UNICEF, Red Cross React To IDPs Camp Bombing

    The United Nations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have asked the Nigerian government to ensure the unfortunate incident of Tuesday where dozens of civilians were killed by a military bomb does not reoccur. In a statement on Wednesday, the UN also called on the...
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    Politics Gov. Shettima Hits UN Agencies - They Build 5 Toilets ,Fly in Helicopters For Commissioning

    Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima is not happy with the conduct of aid agencies in the state. Addressing journalists in Maiduguri on Tuesday, Governor Shettima said, “We have the list of all NGOs operating in this state; apart from the officially functioning NGOs. Some of the United...
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    Metro 28 Million Children Displaced By Conflict Worldwide Says UNICEF

    A UNICEF report released on Wednesday indicated that more than 28 million children have been driven out of their homes by conflicts and violence worldwide. It said in a report released in New York that the figure includes 10 million child refugees and 17 million internally displaced...
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    Metro Polio: FG, UNICEF, Others Rush To Borno For Emergency Immunisation Campaign

    The Federal Ministry of Health supported by WHO, UNICEF and partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have quickly lauuched an emergency Polio immunization campaign in Borno, an official said. The UNICEF Chief of Communication, Doune Porter, said in a statement in Abuja on Friday that...
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    Metro Northern Clerics Attack Saraki and UN

    Religious clerics in Northern Nigeria under the aegis of the Northern Inter-Faith and Religious Organizations for Peace (NIFROM) have lashed out at Senate President Bukola Saraki and the United Nations. LEADERSHIP reports that the group launched the attack in a statement issued after UNICEF...
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    Metro Nigeria Ranks 2nd Highest Country With HIV, 196,000 Adolescents Infected

    HIV Specialist, Dr. Victoria Isiramen of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has said that 196, 000 adolescents are currently living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. Isiramen said that the figure represented 10 percent of adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age who...
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    Metro Over 1.2m Children Displaced by Boko Haram in Northeast - UNICEF

    United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has expressed worries that the continued violence in the Northeast region of Nigeria, has led to the displacement of more than 1.2m children in the zone. This is just as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Khadija Bukar Ibrahim, disclosed that...
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