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A privately authored, five-year blueprint proposing N154 trillion to overhaul Nigeria’s education system has entered public debate at a moment when the country still carries the world’s heaviest burden of out-of-school children and continues to fund the sector well below international benchmarks. The plan, branded the Nigeria Education Transformation Initiative, was set out in…
United Nations agencies have mounted an urgent emergency response to a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, mobilising medical supplies, logistics support, and personnel across multiple affected provinces as the death toll climbs and the virus threatens to breach more urban centres. UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric disclosed the scale…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) marks the start of World Immunisation Week, from April 24 to April 30, with a reminder of vaccines’ monumental impact on global public health. Over the past five decades, immunization efforts have prevented an estimated 150 million deaths. This year’s observance also serves as the midpoint for the Immunisation Agenda…
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s health sector have identified a lack of effective leadership and management as the primary obstacle to improving national health outcomes. During a series of workshops in Yola, Sokoto, and Ilorin, experts argued that technical skill is secondary to governance in the quest for a functional system. The UNICEF-led initiative, “Enhancing Leadership, Governance…
Two armed groups operating in Nigeria’s North-East recruited more than 1,120 children as fighters and sex slaves in 2024, according to UNICEF. The figure, disclosed on Wednesday in Maiduguri to mark the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers, breaks down to 525 boys and 595 girls taken across Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states….
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have appealed to the Federal Government for an increase in immunization funding in order to tackle major measles and polio epidemics. This is coming after the covid-19 pandemic disrupted immunization. The cost estimate given by the organization is $400 million – $655 million…
