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Tinubu’s war drums in Niger Republic By Dr. Bisi Olawunmi

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s federal government of Nigeria is rearing to go to war in Niger Republic. Is history repeating itself? Twelve years...

Food insecurity: FG mobilises $500m to tackle hunger — Shettima

The Federal Government has mobilized half a billion dollars for innovative, profitable, equitable, and sustainable food systems transformation initiatives in Nigeria. This was...

UN ranks Nigeria high on SDGs performance

The United Nations (UN) has scored Nigeria high on its efforts and commitments toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the year...

534m people in Sub-Saharan Africa living in acute poverty, says UN

The United Nations (UN) in partnership with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, in its latest report on the global multidimensional poverty...

4.3m people in Northeast Nigeria risk severe hunger from June to August, UN raises alarm

The United Nations (UN)nhas disclosed that about 4.3 million people face severe hunger risks in Northeast Nigeria. The international body noted that three...

Herdsmen’s killings, attacks on 245 communities: Southern Kaduna People seeks UN and AU interventions

Following ceaseless attacks and large-scale destruction of about 245 communities and massacre of hundreds of people by herdsmen, the people of Southern Kaduna...

Buhari off to Qatar for 5th UN conference on Least Developed Countries 

Ahead of the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LCDs) on March 5, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday depart...

Buhari jets out to Abidjan for 2-day UN environment conference

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday to attend a United Nations-organized conference on the future of land,...

UN Secretary-General Guterres makes first official visit to Nigeria, meets Borno Gov. Zulum, IDPs

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Tuesday began his first official visit to Nigeria with  Maiduguri, the Borno State capital as his first...

Like the Girl-child, Lagos State First Lady introduces a novelty: Boy-child welfare

  …necessary attention had not been given to issues of the boy-child and there is a strong need to correct the imbalance of...

Detention, torture of Sowore, others: SERAP drags FG to United Nations

  For arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of Omoyele Sowore and four other activists, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the United...

How Covid-19 pushed millions into poverty and hunger – UN

  The United Nations Tuesday estimated that 235 million people worldwide will need some form of emergency relief next year due to the...

Wanton slaughtering of 43 Borno farmers: House of Representatives invites Pres. Buhari

    Fazed by the worsening security situation in the country particularly in the Northeast, the House of Representatives has invited President Muhammadu...

United Nations bestows award on Nigerian policewoman for stellar peacekeeping efforts

  A Chief Superintendent of Police, Catherine Ugorji, currently serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), has been selected...