UN commemorates Rann attack, demands release of aid worker
The United Nations has called for immediate release of Alice Lokshah, a nurse and mother, kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents during the deadly attack on Rann town, Borno, on March ...
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Elections postponement: UN, International observers urge INEC to strictly adhere to dates
The Heads of the international observation missions in Nigeria have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to strictly adhere to the new dates it scheduled for the general elections.
117 people feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libya
Three survivors who were rescued said there were 120 people on the boat, Flavio Di Giacomo said.
UN highlights alarming trends in drugs use in Nigeria, others
The Executive Director of UNODC, Yury Fedotov, said this while briefing the UN Security Council session presided over by Côte d’Ivoire.
NIS committed to combating illegal migration of Nigerians – Babandede
This was made known by the NIS Public Relations Officer, Sunday James, in Abuja on Tuesday.
Brazil will quit UN migration pact, minister says
Ernesto Araujo, Foreign Minister, who will take office in January under right-wing president-elect Jair Bolsonaro – said the international accord was “an inappropriate instrument’’ to deal with the issue and ...
FG warns against vandalism of road furniture
Mustapha gave the warning at the official commissioning of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Signage Plant, Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory on Monday.
Nigeria seeks UN resolution on 1st-ever International Day of Education
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Nigeria organised a side event on Friday evening to promote the resolution on the Day, co-sponsored by Ireland, Singapore and Qatar, and the ...
Yuletide: UN says drunk-driving major cause of road traffic crashes
Nikhil Seth, Executive Director, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Geneva made this known at an event organised by the UN and Federal Road Safety Corps in Abuja on ...
Salaries, wages growing at lowest level since 2008 — ILO
The UN labour agency in its Global Wage Report 2018/19 released on Monday, also said that pay rose by just 0.4 per cent during last year in advanced economies.
Ebola outbreak in DRC conflict zone ‘remains dangerous, unpredictable’ – UN
The Director General of WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, and UN Peacekeeping chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, sated this after a joint mission to the epicentre of the epidemic, around the city of Beni ...
FG, UN to generate data for aged population
Hajia Aisha Abubakar, Supervising Minister, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, made this known at SGA Africa, the maiden edition Annual Regional Conference on Ageing in Abuja on Monday.
2019: Women forum expresses worry over low number of female candidates
Ebere Ifendu, President, WIPF, said this in Abuja at the launch of the Inter-party Advisory Committee UN Women and WIPF Task Team to monitor the implementation of women charter on ...
1,100 journalists murdered in 10 years – UN
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in a video message for the “International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists,” marked annually on November 2, called the killing of journalists “outrageous”.
Onyeama to UN delegates: Buhari committed to free, fair 2019 elections
Onyeama said this when Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel, led a delegation to visit him ...
Africa is ‘on the rise’ – UN chief
Guterres, while addressing the inaugural Africa Dialogue Series at the UN Headquarters, in New York, urged collaboration among African countries for better future.
Day of the Girl Child: Orelope-Adefulire pushes for lifelong empowerment
The call was made by the Presidential Aide as the global community celebrated the International Day of the Girl Child.
How Nigeria confronted, decimated Boko Haram – Envoy
Bande stated this while addressing a UN Committee on the topic: ‘Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism’ at the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in ...
Flood disaster: WHO steps up disease prevention efforts in Nigeria
At least 826,000 Nigerians are severely affected by heavy flooding after the banks of the country’s two main rivers – Niger and Benue – bursted following heavy rain, which began ...
Boko Haram: UN to visit Maiduguri, Bama, Abuja to strengthen humanitarian intervention
Onyeama said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria after a meeting with the UN team leaders on the sidelines of the 73rd UN General Assembly in ...
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