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Nigeria needs to invest $5.3b on WASH to achieve SDG target by 2030 – UNICEF

Manager, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), UNICEF, Maiduguri, Mamita Thakkar, says Nigeria must invest at least $5.3 billion on WASH to achieve Sustainable Development Goals...

UNICEF raises concern over rate of open defecation in Nigeria

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concern over the high rate of open defecation in Nigeria. The Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Enugu, Dr...

Handwashing Day: Global access to handwashing will gulp $11bn – Report

Just 10 days of smartphone sales would cover the $11billion cost of ensuring everyone in the poorest countries could wash their hands with soap and water at home by 2030, WaterAid said on Friday,...

Climate change impact on kids: Nigeria second on UNICEF risk ranking

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has ranked Nigeria as second highest-risk country where children are susceptible to the impact of climate change. In its “Children’s...

Govt, UN to inaugurate programme to empower 20m Nigerian youths by 2030

The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to partner with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) to empower 20 million Nigerian youths by 2030. The...

UNICEF: 400,000 fled Congolese city fearing another volcano eruption

Calm has been restored in the Congolese city of Goma, after thousands of people fled the metropolis, fearing that a nearby volcano could erupt...

48m people need safe water in nine conflict countries – UNICEF

UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 48 million people are estimated to need safe water and sanitation services in the nine...

Over 170 children missing following volcanic eruption in DRC’s Goma district

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday, May 23, 2021 that hundreds of children and families in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC)...

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Billionaires held to account as campaigners demand ‘Energy of the People’ at COP29

Indigenous leaders and climate campaigners at COP29 on Thursday, November 14, 2024, launched two critical campaigns to underscore the...
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NNPC announces 1.8mbpd production, eyes 2mbpd by year end

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and its partners have revved up crude oil and gas production...

‘A Conference of Polluters’? – Activists condemn COP29 carbon trading schemes as ‘License to Pollute’

At the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...

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Billionaires held to account as campaigners demand ‘Energy of the People’ at COP29

Indigenous leaders and climate campaigners at COP29 on Thursday,...

NNPC announces 1.8mbpd production, eyes 2mbpd by year end

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and...
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