Tag: United Nations
Niger, Chad, Mali face hunger prospect, says FAO
In its latest global food forecast for this year, the UN’s food agency, the Food and Agriculture Organisation has predicted…
FRSC Joins UN Body On Road Safety
The World Health Organisation has admitted the Federal Road Safety Corps as a member of the United Nations Road Safety…
AI thumbs down UN, calls for arms trade treaty
The courage shown by protesters in the past 12 months has been matched by a failure of leadership thatmakes the…
Nigeria, India lead world in maternal deaths
Nigeria and India jointly account for 20 per cent of global maternal deaths, though better care has cut the number…
Syria refuses to submit torture report to UN
Syria’s authorities have refused to submit a report on torture in the country to a United Nations committee scheduled to…
Cross River To Host African Tourism Ministers
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has made a request to Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, to host its…
Under fire G/Bissau junta backpedals
The junta in Guinea Bissau on Saturday said its plan for a two-year transition had only been a suggestion, in…
Piracy: Nigeria Begins Domestication Of Treaties
The draft of a bill that would enable Nigeria to prosecute waterways robbers and sea pirates was presented to maritime…
Jonathan Promises High-Level Advocacy To Improve Maternal and Child Health
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan pledged Thursday in New York that as co-chair of the new United Nations Commission on Vital…
Curbing The Menace Of Human Trafficking —Mamud Hassan
The global escalation of forced labour, human trafficking and violation of women and children`s rights is quite upsetting. United Nations…
Gunmen Kill Nigerian Peacekeeper
A Nigerian peacekeeper with the United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), has been reported killed in an…
US Professor regrets Backing Nigeria’s subsidy removal
I regret supporting subsidy removal, says UN Adviser Some details have emerged about how the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency misled international…
Deregulation Is A Necessary Change, Jonathan Insists
Despite the wave of protests against it across the country, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan insisted on Friday that deregulation of…
Chika Ike Bags UN Ambassador Award
Nollywood actress, Chika Ike, has joined the legion of movie and music stars selected for the prestigious United Nations Ambassador…
Climate Change: Amuwo Odofin LG Boss Fights For Communities
Chairman, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, Comrade Ayodele Adewale, has made a strong case for African communities devastated by climate…
Boko Haram: Group Condemns Bomb Attacks, Killings
The Reformed Ogboni Fraternity Incorporated (ROF), has condemned, in strong terms, the spate of bomb attacks and killings in some…
UN House Bombing:SSS Declares Mastermind Wanted
 The State Security Service, SSS, has declared wanted, one Mr. Mamman NUR, a notorious Boko Haram element with Al-Qaeda links…
Lagos To Give Youths Sense Of Belonging
The Lagos State Government has flagged off this year’s International Youth Week celebration. The celebration was instituted by the United…
WHO: Smoking Could Kill 6m In 2011
The World Health Organisation says tobacco smoking, WHO, will kill nearly six million people this year, including 600,000 non-smokers around…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
UN Backs New Date For Nigerian Polls
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday expressed the belief that Nigeria was on track in spite of the shift in…
COJAC: A Worthy Cause Against Cancer
Tomorrow, 4 February, is World Cancer Day. It is a day set aside by the United Nations to create awareness…
Civil War Looms In Ivory Coast
Over 120 Ivoriens have been killed in one week, abductions of residents of the capital are on the increase, the…
Army Council Converts Imprisonment Of Jailed Akure 27 Officers To Retirement
The Nigerian Army Council has granted pardon to the 27 soldiers who were court martialled and jailed over demonstrations on…