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The group named ‘Journalists for United Nigeria (JUN)’, according to Nwabufo, is strictly non-partisan; not a pressure or lobby group, but a think-factory to connect minds in the media who are committed to a united Nigeria.

The agency said as many as 132 million additional people went hungry in 2020 because of the pandemic.

“The violations of greatest exponential growth in 2020 were abduction, by a staggering 90 per cent, and rape and other forms of sexual violence which rose by 70 per cent,” the office of Virginia Gamba, the UN special representative for children and armed conflict said.

Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Kitack Lim said the country had made important contributions to the fight against piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea maritime domain, foremost among them the recent launch of the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also called the Deep Blue Project.

The event drew Nigerians from all walks of life, including United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed; Nigeria’s Ambassador to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande; other Nigerian envoys; community leaders; and families, friends and associates of the victims.

In a letter dated May 14, 2021, the Prime Minister said:

António Guterres on Friday asked Mohammed to serve as Deputy Secretary-General for a second term, shortly after the UN General Assembly re-appointed him for a second term.

Adams, in a strongly-worded letter to the global community, expressed concern over the spate of insecurity in the country

They described the ban as an unjustifiable violation of the rights of all Nigerians to freedom of expression and access to information, and a contravention of the relevant instruments of both bodies.

Ododo told the News Agency of Nigeria that most of the jobs would come from the fields of music, movies, fashion and information technology.

The UN economic forecast, published on Tuesday, stated that while the outlook for global growth has improved, the ongoing impacts of the pandemic as well as inadequate progress on vaccination in poorer countries are putting recovery at risk.

Kallon disclosed this on the sideline of the launch of a $2.3 million oxygen plant and vaccine storage in Borno State, which he said was part of the Nigerian COVID-19 multi-sectorial response plan.

“It is important & timely that they’ve apologised,” Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in a tweet.

The event, tagged: “Living in peaceful world,” was announced on Wednesday.

Three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded by armed attackers on the domestic security forces and the UN’s MINUSCA mission in Dekoa, Kemo prefecture, and Bakouma in Mbomou prefecture.

The latest batch of beneficiaries included two long-time associates of the President, Roger Stone and Paul Manafort.

It said, however, that heart disease remains the leading cause of death globally.

Guterres made the call in a message to 2020 World Day of the Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, commemorated annually on the third Sunday of November.

Brazil is the traditional first speaker at the days-long event, followed by the US.

The project, known as the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT), has received 3 billion dollars, which Guterres called “critical as a seed funding.”