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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...
Buhari hails UN at 75, says it has remained committed to founders’ aspirations
In commemoration of the United Nations 75th anniversary, President Muhammadu Buhari has joined world leaders in congratulating the body, saying it has remained...
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...
Ibn Chambas, Ejime urge ruling party to stave off constitutional crisis in Cote d’Ivoire
The recent death of Amadon Gon Coulibaly, Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire, has put the political permutations of the ruling RHDP party...
Trump Says United Nations Yet to Reach Its Full Potential
UNITED NATIONS—President Donald Trump took his agenda of change to the United Nations as the annual General Assembly got underway. Trump on Monday...
