Tag: UN
World Habitat Day: UN, Ambode, experts seek protection of public spaces
Kazeem Ugbodaga The United Nations (UN) Habitat, Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and experts in the built industry have advocated…
Ban wants more women to serve in UN peacekeeping operations
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon On Monday urged Member States to provide key military assets and more women staff to serve…
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PICTURES: Buhari meets South Korean president
President Muhammadu Buhari seems to be killing many birds with one stone during his stay in New York to attend…
Putin, Obama head for UN showdown over Syria
AFP – Russian President Vladimir Putin squared up for a clash Monday with his US counterpart Barack Obama at the…
UN launches $25bn public-private strategy on maternal, infant mortality
The United Nations on Saturday launched an ambitious public-private strategy to end preventable death of women, children and adolescents, staking…
Lagos, UN walk for world peace
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos Citizens Mediation Centre, CMC, is set to partner with the United Nations on its International Day…
Nigerian refugees in ‘atrocious’ situation in Niger – UN
AFP – Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in…
UN sets agenda for President Buhari
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday set a development agenda for President Muhammadu Buhari, with the management and development of…
Buhari to draft UN resolution against extremism
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted an invitation from the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon to a meeting of world leaders…
Let vulnerable Nigerians benefit from its riches, Ban Ki-moon tells governors
United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, on Sunday urged states and local governments in Nigeria to ensure that available resources…
New sexual abuse allegations reported against UN troops in CAR
United Nations Spokeswoman Vannina Maestracci said three more allegations of sexual assault against UN troops have been reported in the…
UN sponsors 500 Boko Haram victims to acquire vocational skills
The United Nations said on Monday in Abuja that it has sponsored 500 victims of Boko Haram violence from three…
‘Offensive exam question’: SERAP drags Amosun to UN
A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to two UN special rapporteurs…
Four dead, over 20,000 affected by Niger floods – UN
At least four people have died and more than 20,000 have been affected by floods in Niger caused by weeks…
Nigeria’s population set to overtake US, says UN
In 2013, the World Bank put the population of Nigeria at 173.6 million while an estimation by the United States…
UN expert urges FG to ban importation, use of asbestos
Mr Urs Wagner, Senior International Environmental Expert in the United Nations, has called on the Federal Government to ban the…
UN reaffirms support for fight against terrorism
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday in New York, reaffirmed the organisation’s support for the Federal Government’s fight against…
Help us stop, track illicit financial flows, Osinbajo urges Global Community
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday urged the global community to adopt concerted efforts against corruption, saying it was a…
FG, UN collaborate to secure schools
The Federal Government is collaborating with the UN Special Envoy on Global Education to ensure security in all schools in…
Boko Haram: UN urges FG to clean-up recovered towns
The UN on Thursday urged the Federal Government to clean up the communities liberated from Boko Haram to make them…
Boko Haram: UN to set up ‘Early Warning Systems’
The UN says it will set up “ICT-based Early Warning Systems” in Borno and other states in the North East…
UN to Nigeria: Get ready for post-Boko Haram
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Sunday in Abuja, advised Nigeria to prepare for the post-insurgency rebuilding of the North…
NDLEA celebrates UN Drug Free Day with success report
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano It was a record of success for this year’s United Nations’ International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit…
Israel bars UN human rights envoy from its territory
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson, confirmed that government has banned the entry of a UN human rights envoy, Makarim Wibisono, into…
Buhari must prosecute crimes by Boko Haram, military – UN
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations’ top human rights official called on Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday to…
UN posthumous medals for 126 fallen peacekeepers – Ban
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Saturday in New York, gave posthumous awards of Dag Hammarskjöld medal to 126 peacekeepers…
UN, EU urge dialogue in Burundi after killing of prominent politician
The United Nations and the European Union, have cautioned Burundi’s government and its opponents not to allow violence derail the…
Don’t execute 10 drug offenders, UN tells Indonesia
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has appealed to the Government of Indonesia to halt the impending execution, as announced, of…
Africa market of future for illegal drugs – UN official
Africa is the market of the future for illegal drugs, a top UN narcotics official said Tuesday, predicting the continent…
Bomb blast in Somalia kills 6 UN workers
At least six United Nations workers were killed in Somalia on Monday when a huge bomb destroyed a bus in…