UNICEF, Airtel Africa and the Government of Nigeria are expanding access to free digital learning, digital skills and livelihood opportunities following visits to schools and youth programmes in Lagos and Abuja. The joint delegation, led by Garreth Spillane, Chief of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday received copies of the United Nations’ proposed budget for 2027 at the State House in Abuja. The seven-volume document was presented to the President by Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Professor Jimoh…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Nigeria has held a Health Diplomacy Dialogue with ambassadors and diplomatic representatives to discuss Nigeria’s health priorities, emerging global health developments and international cooperation. The meeting provided an opportunity to exchange views on changes in…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cisco Networking Academy to provide digital skills training opportunities for up to 50,000 fellows and alumni of the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP). The partnership, announced…
Yobe State is pushing for better public health and cleaner towns after local leaders and environmental groups gathered in Damaturu to rework how the state handles its growing garbage problem. The meeting, organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),…
The United Nations General Assembly has backed a resolution calling for more accurate world maps that better reflect the actual size of Africa and other regions, in a move supporters say could change how the world views the continent. The…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Nigeria, Dr Pavel Ursu, has joined the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mohammed Fall, and other UN agency leaders on a high-level mission to Maiduguri, Borno State, to recognise humanitarian workers and assess…
The United Nations has honoured humanitarian workers who lost their lives while serving communities in need, with flag-lowering ceremonies held in Abuja and Maiduguri to mark World Humanitarian Day. The ceremony brought together UN officials, partners and humanitarian actors to…
Rabia Sa’id of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), has been appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to serve on a 21-member scientific panel examining the physical effects and societal consequences of nuclear war. The appointment, established under the United Nations General…
By Esther Olaoluwa | The Kaduna State Government, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has launched the First 1,000 Days Social and Behaviour Change Initiative for Nutrition to promote better nutrition and improve maternal and child health…
