Tag: United Nations
Nigeria Can’t Meet Vision 20-20 Target, Says UNIDO
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has described as an illusion and self deceit the current efforts being made…
EC To Monitor Shipping Emissions From Next Year
Global steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry are moving too slowly so the European Union will…
4 Nigerian peace-keepers killed in Darfur
An ambush in Sudan’s western Darfur region killed four Nigerian peacekeepers and wounded eight, the UN-African Union Mission (UNAMID) said…
Fashola’s Aide Decries Youth Unemployment
Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Youth and Social Development, Dr. Dolapo Badru has decried the high…
Jonathan: Economy key to Nigeria’s foreign policy
President Goodluck Jonathan declared late Wednesday in New York that attracting greater foreign direct investment to accelerate domestic growth and…
Senators Ask Jonathan To Appeal ICJ Judgment On Bakassi
Members of the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday morning asked the Federal Government to urgently file an appeal against the judgment…
Balkanized Mali seeks UN nod for military intervention
UNITED NATIONS(AFP) – Mali has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting authorization for a West African-led military…
Jonathan calls for world order based on rule of law
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Monday in New York assured the global community of his administration’s “unwavering commitment” to upholding the…
Attacks on Islam: Top Egyptian cleric wants global ban
Egypt’s top Muslim cleric on Saturday called for an international ban on all forms of attacks against Islam, after a…
Strife-torn Somalia elects new president
Lawmakers on Monday in Mogadishu elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as Somalia’s new president after the 56-year-old university lecturer got the…
Palestine bids to change status at UN
(AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday he will make a bid on September 27 to obtain non-member…
Chadian rebel chief surrenders
Chad’s FPR rebel chief Abdel Kader Baba Ladde has surrendered to the Central African army and arrived in the capital…
Confronting The Evil Of Child Abuse
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Recently, three buses filled with children, apparently on child trafficking mission to the west coast of Africa,…
UN lifts ban against aides of Ex-Liberian leader
The United Nations Security Council’s Liberia sanctions committee has lifted the travel ban imposed on close aides and relations of…