Photo: World Refugee Day: The Honourable Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed and Borno State […]
Kenya has defeated Djibouti to clinch a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. Kenya will serve a two-year term in the powerful council […]
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in New York elected Nigeria along with 17 other countries into the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of […]
Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education, Lagos State, said the state government had partnered Microsoft to train 18, 000 teachers to enhance computer literacy towards […]
The Police Command in Ebonyi says it has begun investigations of alleged sexual exploitation of a 20-year-old woman in Abakaliki by a yet to be […]
Armed conflict forced more than 660,000 people around the world to flee their homes between March 23 and May 15, leaving people more exposed to […]
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a global effort to tackle the tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering” unleashed […]
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has donated N1.5 billion ($3.8 million) to the ‘Nigeria/United Nations COVID-19 Basket Fund’ to boost the fight against the novel […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has commended Nigeria’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking during a virtual news briefing in New York on Thursday, […]
UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), says it has scaled up emergency response measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in Internally Displaced […]
The Federal Government has expressed appreciation to the United Nations System in Nigeria for mobilising two million dollars to help the government contain the spread […]
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says there are growing acts of racial discrimination over the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, describing the attitude as shameful. “It is […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed solidarity with the Federal government and Nigerians following reports of killing and abduction of civilians by insurgents in Borno on […]
President of the General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, says the United Nations must continue to insist on protection of the freedom of expression and […]
The United Nations says it is worried about the civilian population in northern Syria and has drawn up emergency plans in case of a Turkish […]
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is set to open the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. The UN chief will […]
A new United Nations report has advocated for a change of approach to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), saying that the current global development model […]
In order to raise the awareness of indigenous languages, the United Nations declared 2019 as the year of indigenous languages (IY 2019). This is beneficial […]
The United Nations on Monday reaffirmed its demand for the protection of humanitarians by world leaders and parties to conflicts around the world. In separate […]
Members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called for decisive action against violators of international humanitarian law in armed conflicts. The call came […]
A UN official, Angela Mwai, on Tuesday said gender responsive urban planning was key to ensuring that cities were sustainable. Mwai, Leader of Gender and […]
Venezuelans fleeing political and economic crisis at home deserve protection as refugees, the UN on Tuesday said, urging other states not to deport them. Some […]
Top UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, have condemned Sunday’s deadly attack on a Catholic church in Burkina Faso. At least six people, including the […]
UN Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, on Wednesday condemned the “indiscriminate’’ shelling in the Libyan capital Tripoli as the UN-backed government and the eastern-based […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged calm and restraint in Libya amid rising tension due to the eastern forces’ expansion in the western […]
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