Nigeria, June 12 -- Despite a global pledge to end child labour by 2025, at least 138 million children remain exploited for labour globally, with 54 million of them in "hazardous" work, according to a new report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

The report, titled "Child Labour: Global Estimates 2024, Trends and the Road Forward," was released on Wednesday, ahead of the International Day of Play and the World Day Against Child Labour, observed annually on 11 and 12 June, respectively.

"In 2015, the world made a promise to end child labour by 2025 in Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). That timeline has now come to an end. But child labour has not," the rep...