Tag: UN
Jonathan seeks UN support to rehabilitate Boko Haram victims
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja urged the UN to focus more on helping Nigeria with the rehabilitation and…
Boko Haram is unable to disrupt elections – UN
The of Head of the UN West Africa Office, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, says Boko Haram insurgents were unable to disrupt…
Nigeria must set ‘high standard’ for elections – Ban Ki-Moon
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for transparent and peaceful elections in Nigeria on the eve of the…
Nigeria gets N1.2bn from UN for general elections
The UN Secretary-General High Level Representative to Nigeria, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, said the United Nations (UN) had provided 60…
Jonathan, PDP breached Abuja Peace Accord, Amaechi tells UN
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the March 28 General elections, Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has accused President Goodluck Jonathan…
Militants attack UN as Mali hunts jihadists nightclub killers
A peacekeeper and two children died Sunday as militants shelled a UN base in northern Mali, heightening security fears as…
UN, AU to deploy 8,700 troops to fight Boko Haram
Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, has announced plans by the UN and the…
UN, AU to deploy 8,700 troops to fight Boko Haram
Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, has announced plans by the UN and the…
Over 6,000 killed in ‘merciless devastation’ in Ukraine – UN
More than 6,000 people have been killed since violence erupted in Ukraine last April, the UN rights chief said Monday,…
2015 Elections: UN reiterates support to Nigeria
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon has reiterated the full support of the UN to the new dates fixed for the…
UN accuses Israel of razing 77 Palestinians homes
The United Nations has accused Israel of illegally demolishing the homes of 77 Palestinians, mostly children, this week in annexed…
UN pledges support to Nigeria despite Dasuki saying no need
Dr Mohammed Chambas, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, has pledged the organisation’s support for…
No need for UN or AU forces against Boko Haram, says Dasuki
Nigeria’s national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki on Friday ruled out the need for a United Nations or African Union-backed force…
Muslim scholars want UN to outlaw ‘contempt’ of religions
A leading Islamic organisation has called on the United Nations to make “contempt of religions” illegal and urged the West…
Boko Haram: UN ready to assist Nigeria, says Ban
The United Nations has promised to assist the Nigerian Government and all affected neighbouring States in bringing an end to…
Six UN peacekeeping troops injured in Mali blast
Six UN peacekeeping troops were injured in a blast Sunday in northeastern Mali, where four UN trucks were also torched…
UN officials told to leave for ‘insulting’ Sudan
Sudan said Friday it ordered two top United Nations officials to leave Khartoum for “insulting” the country and being “prejudiced”…
Fourth UN staff contracts Ebola in Liberia
A fourth member of the UN mission in Liberia, the country hardest-hit by the Ebola epidemic, has been hospitalised after…
Insurgency: UN scribe expresses solidarity with Nigeria
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday expressed solidarity with the governments and people of Nigeria, Pakistan and Yemen in their…
Boko Haram displaces 700,000 persons in Nigeria, says UN
The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), said on Monday in Abuja that no fewer than 700,000 Nigerians were…
50 killed in Boko Haram attack on Damasak, says UN
Up to 50 people were killed in an attack carried out by suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a northeast Nigeria…
US, UN condemn Yobe school suicide bomb attack
International condemnation trailed Monday’s suicide bomb attack at a government boarding school in Potiskum, Yobe, which reportedly killed several students…
Niger cholera outbreak kills 51 people
Niger has seen more than 1,300 cases of cholera since the beginning of the year, with 51 people dying of…
UN has only $100,000 in Ebola trust fund
The UN trust fund for Ebola has barely $100,000, a pittance compared to what the world body says it needs…
Ebola-infected UN employee dies in Germany
A United Nations employee infected with the Ebola virus in west Africa has died after arriving in Germany last week…
$9.3mn: Northern Youth Takes Case To UN
Northern Youth Assembly has issued the Federal Government of Nigeria a three-week ultimatum to constitute a commission of enquiry into…
Girl Child Day: UN urges end to violence against women, girls
The United Nations on Saturday called for an end to violence against the young and adolescent girls living around the…
Ebola financial pledges short by $1bn
Pledges of financial aid to fight Ebola have fallen far short of the $1 billion needed by the United Nations,…
Five Afghan gang rapists to be hanged
Five Afghan men are due to be hanged on Wednesday for the gang rape of four women after a trial…
UN envoy on sexual violence to visit S.Sudan
United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, will make her first visit to South Sudan…