Tag: United Nations
‘We’re deeply committed to rule of law’ – Nigeria tells global community
Nigeria has assured the international community that it is deeply committed to the concept of rule of law as enshrined…
UN condemns deadly attacks in Borno
The Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, on Tuesday condemned the deadly attacks targeting innocent civilians in Konduga, Banki…
IPOB: Nigeria doesn’t need international assistance – Onyeama
Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, says the country does not require any international help to curtail any…
UN Probe Finds Syrian Army Responsible For Deadly Attack
The nerve agent attack in Syria on April 4 that killed more than 80 people in the rebel-held town of…
World Humanitarian Day: UN aid chief calls for protection of workers
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Stephen O’Brien, has called for the protection of aid workers, saying it is “paramount”…
Mudslides: UN agencies rush aid to victims in Sierra Leone
UN agencies are stepping up efforts to aid displaced families affected by the deadly flooding and landslides in Sierra Leon’s…
African-led joint task force on terrorism faces challenges
The UN Security Council has been told that the African-led joint task force Group of Five (G5) on terrorism in…
Egypt, UN partner on cooperation protocol for social care institutions
The Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity on Tuesday signed a cooperation protocol with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime…
UN to open Human Rights Office in Liberia
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour said on Friday that his office would establish a UN Human Rights…
Boko Haram: UN floats `Nigeria Humanitarian Fund’
The UN has set up a new fund, Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF), primarily to tackle the crisis-hit Northeast Nigeria caused…
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…
Ivory trade pushing African elephants to extinction – Mohammed
Ms Amina Mohammed, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, says the demand for ivory may lead to the extinction of African elephants.
UN air operation disperses CAR militia
A UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) air operation dispersed heavily armed militiamen in the…
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UN asks President Trump to rescind order banning refugees
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again asked U.S. President Donald Trump to rescind the Refugee Order suspending entrance of refugees…
UN appoints Nigeria’s Olufemi Elias Registrar International Residual Mechanism
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday announced the appointment of Olufemi Elias as Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for…
UN chief urges South Africa not to leave ICC
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged South African President Jacob Zuma to reconsider his country’s decision to leave the…