Tag: United Nations
UN urges Nigeria, others feed school kids
A report by the United Nations has indicated that the provision of meals for school children was still lacking in…
UN may charge Boko Haram members with war crimes
Members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria, could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to…
Ogun Spends N3b To Attain MDGs
The Ogun State Government has spent about N3 billion on projects and programmes towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)…
Ban Ki-Moon to meet Pope Francis
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Tuesday. During his first encounter with…
Scores of bodies found in CAR capital
The French news agency, AFP said 78 bodies have been found in the streets of the Central Africa Republic capital…
UN approves first ‘offensive peace keepers’ for DR Congo
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved the first-ever “offensive” UN peacekeeping brigade to battle rebels groups in Democratic…
Ekiti On The E-Governance Train
By Dimeji Daniels When the United Nations e-government survey for 2010 was released, Nigeria was nowhere on it. Also in…
UN offices, homes looted in Bangui
The offices of the United Nations and the homes of staff were looted today in Bangui, capital of the Central…
UN names Jose Ramos-Horta envoy to G.Bissau
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has tapped Jose Ramos-Horta, a former East Timor president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, as his…
Government Not Doing Enough To Tackle Youth Unemployment
Ibrahim Abdullahi was senate president of the Children Parliament, Federal Republic of Nigeria from 2005 to 2007. During his tenure,…
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…
UN wants billionaires taxed to help poor
The United Nations on Thursday called for a tax on billionaires to help raise more than $400 billion a year…
Reducing The Threat Of Sickle Cell Disease
By Biliqis Bakare In line with the United Nations [UN] 2008 declaration, June 19 every year is observed as the…
The World closes in on Boko Haram militants
Less than 24 hours after the United States labelled three leaders of the Boko Haram sect, terrorists, more trouble appears…
Rio+20 summit: The main outcomes
Following are the main outcomes from the 10-day UN Conference on Sustainable Development, which ended Friday in Rio de Janeiro,…
Brazil President To Lead Trade Mission To Nigeria
President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil has accepted an invitation from President Goodluck Jonathan to visit Nigeria before the end of…