Three Dead, Twenty One Injured In Red Cross Cash Distribution Stampede 

LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Three persons were confirmed dead and 21 others injured following a stampede during a humanitarian cash distribution exercise organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross…

Diphtheria Claims 453 Lives In Nigeria As UNICEF Urges Urgent Vaccination

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the midst of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history, UNICEF Nigeria is sounding the alarm about the urgent need for widespread vaccination. The…

UNICEF To Commit $270m In Support Of Lifting 133m Nigerians Out Of Poverty

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, plans to commit $270 million to Nigeria’s humanitarian and poverty alleviation efforts and pledged to help set up an emergency operation…

UNICEF Marks 9th Anniversary Of Chibok Abduction, Calls For Protection Of Children

LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“Nine years after 276 schoolgirls were abducted in the middle of the night from their dormitory in Chibok, Nigeria, 96 girls remain in captivity, and thousands more…

UNICEF, UK Govt To Empower 300,000 Mothers, Caregivers To Children In North-East Nigeria

LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A humanitarian intervention focused on providing integrated food, nutrition sanitation and protection services in Nigeria’s north-east region will empower over 300,000 mothers and caregivers. The intervention…

Nigeria Marks One-Year Anniversary Of First COVID-19 Vaccine Shipment

LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-–As Nigeria today marked the one-year anniversary of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to the country via the COVAX Facility, efforts are stepping up to ensure…

Nigeria Schools Attack: 1,436 Kids Abducted, 16 Dead, 200 Missing In One Year -UNICEF

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that so far this year, there have been 20 attacks on schools in Nigeria, with 1,436 children abducted,  16 children…

UNICEF Laments Over Attacks Against Children, Child Abductions In Africa

LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“On July 5th, 150 students were reportedly abducted from a school in Nigeria’s Kaduna State, marking the latest incident in an alarming spate of attacks against children…

Rescued Nigerian Schoolboys Welcomed Home, Calls For More Security

LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bleary, barefoot, apparently numbed by a week of captivity, more than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped in an attack on their school, were welcomed by…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Intensifies Response to On Going Lassa Fever Outbreak

LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In response to the increasing number of Lassa fever cases across states in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) activated a National Emergency Operations…