Tag: United Nations
Agencies pledge strong partnership to change Africa’s narrative
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has pledged to strengthen the partnership between the African Union and the UN in order to…
Acting President receives UN Deputy Scribe, Mohammed
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday met with Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Ms Amina Mohammed, behind closed doors in…
UN system must undergo bold changes – Guterres
The Secretary-General of the UN, António Guterres, has said that the UN system must undergo bold changes to help countries…
VC: Nigeria faces tough task in attaining UN 2030 SDGS
Prof. Muhammad Maiturare, Vice Chancellor, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU) Lapai in Niger, has said that attaining the UN…
United Nations commends Nigeria on SDGs
Efforts of the Federal Government to effectively domesticate and implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) got a big boost in…
UN: Nigeria’s humanitarian response plan 28% funded
The 1.5 billion dollars humanitarian response plan for Nigeria for 2017 is 28 per cent funded, five months into the…
82 aid workers killed in South Sudan’s 3-year war
UN says 82 aid workers have been killed in South Sudan’s civil war and the number of its citizens displaced…
UN to cut food aid to Boko Haram victims
Food aid will be cut for more than a million hungry Nigerians affected by Boko Haram's insurgency if promised funding…
UN to Private Sector: Save lives in North-East
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, on Wednesday called on the Nigerian Private…
Nigeria re-elected Chair, UN Peacekeeping Committee
Nigeria has been re-elected, for the 45th time, to chair the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, regarded as UN’s…
Libyan Desert base hit by deadly air strikes as rival factions clash
Forces aligned with a U.N-backed Government in Tripoli said on Monday that three of their men had been killed in…
UN condemns terror attacks on Egypt’s churches
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres and the Security Council have condemned Sunday’s bombings of two Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria,…
UN remembers Chibok schoolgirls on Women’s Day
The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has called on the international community to remember the Chibok schoolgirls and thousands…
Over 100 million at risk of starvation globally-U.N
The number of people facing severe hunger worldwide has surpassed 100 million and will grow if humanitarian aid is not…
Why We’re Visiting #BokoHaram Ravaged Areas – UN
The UN Security Council’s delegation says it is visiting the four countries affected by the activities of the Boko Haram…