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SERAP wants UN Security Council to treat students’ abductions in Nigeria as a breach of UN Charter
Indignant about spate of kidnappings in the country particularly abductions of students, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the...
United Nations says eating less meat can help reduce risk of pandemic
The United Nations Environment Programme says eating less meat can help reduce the risk of a pandemic, and also save the environment....
UN Women Representative to Nigeria’s commendation letter to Kogi Gov. undeserving, faulty, questionable – Emerge Women
“We cannot be advocating for credible elections at the LG level and be simultaneously commending a governor who is stifling that process....
Kastina students abduction: UN scribe, Guterres, condemns act, demands their immediate release
The United Nation’s Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has strongly condemned the 11 December attack on a secondary school in Katsina State, Nigeria, and...
110 farmers, others killed in Borno not 43, says United Nations
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria said Sunday that the Boko Haram jihadist group massacred at least 110 people including loggers, farmers and...
UN Deputy Secretary General commend governors maturity in handling #ENDSARS protesters
The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed on Tuesday met with governors of the 36 states of the Federation...
#EndSARS: UN Secretary-General slams FG over protesters’ killing
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has raised his voice against the killing of unarmed protesters by Nigerian authorities, describing it as...
UNGA 2020: UN Secretary-General says work together to solve world’s problems
The United Nations on Monday marked its 75th anniversary with an appeal from Secretary General Antonio Guterres to preserve the longest period without...
COVID-19 threatens SDGs, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that the coronavirus pandemic was threatening the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He spoke Friday at the...
Protecting the Girl-Child against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) during COVID-19
In spite of extant laws, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is still widespread in Nigeria because of the culture of silence about the...
Insurgency, banditry in Northern Nigeria: Embrace political solution, dialogue, UN chief tells FG
Worried by the decade-long insurgency and banditry in the Northeast and Northwest Nigeria, the United Nations has urged the Federal...
Breaking : Detained Malian President, Keita, resigns amid coup
Trapped in the quicksand of month-long political turmoil and coup which ousted him, Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday indicating he was...
UN says execution of 5 aid workers by Boko Haram terrorists horrifying
The United Nations has expressed utter shock and horror at the gruesome killing of five aid workers by Boko Haram terrorists in...
UN warns of ‘alarming decline’ in childhood vaccinations due to Coronavirus
The United Nations on Wednesday warned of an alarming drop in childhood vaccinations because of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying a child born...
US commence formal exit from World Health Organisation
The United States has formally initiated the process of withdrawing from the World Health Organisation, the UN announced on Tuesday. President Donald...
