Federal Government will collaborate withEuropean Union (EU) and UN to end violence against women and girlsin the country, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and NationalPlanning, Earnest Umakhihe, says. The permanent secretary disclosed this during Inception Workshop […]
#TrackNigeria: Horn of African states should prioritise investments in livelihood projects along the borderlands to stem inter-communal skirmishes and violent extremism, a senior UN official said on Thursday. Ahunna Eziakonwa, Director of UN Development Programme […]
Ms Amina Mohammed, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, has pledged the UN’s full support to the African Union (AU) as nations begin to earnestly operationalise the landmark African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). According to […]
#TrackNigeria The United Nations (UN) has renewed its call for more interventions to address the nagging humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. The call was contained in a statement […]
A four-day exhibition featuring the paintings of award-winning Nigerian virtual artist, Mr Kehinde Dada, opened at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York on Monday evening. On display at the event tagged: ‘Sustainable Development Goals […]
#TrackNigeria: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday assured the President-elect of the 74th UN General Assembly, Amb. Tijjani Mohammad-Bande, of his support to actualise his vision. Guterres gave the assurance in his statement shortly after […]
#TrackNigeria- The assistance of United Nations and the international community will be invaluable in reversing the devastation visited on Nigeria by the Boko Haram insurgency, President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday told the visiting President of the […]
North Korea has cut food rations to 300g a day, less than 11 ounces, the lowest ever for this time of year, and further cuts are likely after the worst harvest in a decade, the […]
Part of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane on Sunday By Prudence Arobani/Ifeyinwa Omowole The UN came together in sadness and solidarity on Friday to honour its 21 members of staff, who died on board an […]
By Prudence Arobani No fewer than 19 United Nations officials were aboard the Ethiopian airplane that crashed on Sunday, the UN Department of Safety and Security in Kenya, has said. The World Food Programme (WFP) lost […]
By Prudence Arobani Nigeria has assumed the Chairmanship of the African Group at the United Nations for the month of March 2019, succeeding the Republic of Benin. The Nigerian Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations, […]
By Folasade Akpan #TrackNigeria -Election Observation Missions of the European Union (EU), African Union (AU), United Nations (UN) and others have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to finalise all preparations and ensure […]
By Hussaina Yakubu #TrackNigeria: Kaduna Peace Commission says it is collaborating with the United Nations to sensitise the electorates to avoid a repeat of the violence that erupted in the state after the 2011 elections. […]
The United Nations has released a new report, which detailed the unimaginable horrors Nigerian migrants were being subjected from the moment they entered Libya and throughout their stay in that country. The report, released by […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has restated the “red alert” he issued on Jan. 1, 2018 over a range of dangers confronting the world, which “still persist” as 2019 looms. The UN chief said in […]
The Nigerian Army has restated its commitment to collaborate with United Nations agencies and other organisations to address humanitarian crisis caused by Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast. Lt.- Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Chief of […]
Nigeria has condemned acts of crime by UN officials saying, it continues to advocate that officials found culpable of such acts be held accountable. Nigeria’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande, stated this […]
Mr Edward Kallon, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator to Nigeria, has said that humanitarian response alone cannot solve the many problems in the North East. Kallon made this known on Monday in Abuja […]
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that deteriorating crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) has left practically every child needing protection from armed groups. UNICEF, in a new study, expressed worry that armed […]
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 2018 World Toilet Day, some development partners and coalition of civil societies have urged tiers of government to prioritise funding. They said on Monday […]
The UN and business leaders in Nigeria would Thursday launch a joint initiative for private companies to join the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund for the Northeast. The UN said the ‘Nigeria Humanitarian Fund – Private Sector […]
Mrs Toyin Saraki, Wife of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to invest in girl-child education and health to make them feel safe while learning. Saraki, the Founder of […]
Teng Biao, a Chinese human rights defender and visiting scholar at New York University, reflects on how China has rewritten its human rights narrative under Xi Jinping and why governments, at today’s UN review, should […]
UN highest human rights body, the Human Rights Council (HRC), will start reviewing the track records of Nigeria and 13 other countries on Monday. The process is called — Universal Periodic Review (UPR), and the […]
No fewer than 1,100 journalists were murdered over a decade in the , the UN has said. In 2018 alone, at least 88 journalists have been killed, according to the UN. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, […]
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