Every Nigerian child must be registered — UNICEF By Chioma Obinna & Rotimi Ojomoyela No fewer than 3.5 million children under one year across the six South-West states and Edo State have no birth registration, leaving them without legal identity and effectively “invisible” in government records, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned. UNICEF […]

Nigeria has expanded digital birth registration to more than 6,000 wards, but more than 2,800 wards remain outside the network,

… 6,000 wards now offer digital birth registration — NPC… FG links birth registration with health, identity systemsBy Chioma ObinnaAs Nigeria joined other African countries to…