Leilana Fartha, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Adequate Housing, on Monday urged the Federal Government to impose vacant home taxes with a view to addressing housing challenges in ...
A Nigerian Government team to the historic event, which will be led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, will include the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador ...
Guterres said this at a wreath laying ceremony and memorial service to mark the opening of the UN Staff Day celebrations at the organisation’s headquarters
The Resident Coordinator, Edward Kallon, disclosed this at a meeting with Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday
The PDP said it is deeply worried that the nation, which was a prosperity hub and a reference point for democracy, personal freedom and good governance, now has all the ...
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has expressed concern over reported attacks on aid workers in northern Borno, and called on people to eschew spreading such unverified information.
The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, who confirmed the development on his Facebook page in Abuja, dismissed insinuations in some quarters that the DG ...
Developing countries, not rich Western nations, are bearing the brunt of the world’s refugee crisis and are hosting most of the record 70.8 million displaced people who have fled war ...
A United Nations official said on Monday that land degradation and competition over access to land and water had triggered more bloody conflicts in Nigeria than Boko Haram.
The United Nations received 37 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against its personnel in the first quarter of 2019, according to one of its spokespersons.
The Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Wednesday met with key heads of United Nations agencies in Ethiopia to discuss how the UN in the region can ...
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Tijani Mohammed-Bande, is set to be the President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly beginning in September.
A Nigerian soldier was killed and several others injured in two attacks on the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali, UN officials said on Sunday.
Libya’s deadlocked warring parties must return to the negotiating table to prevent further displacement and terrorism, the United Nations envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salame, said on Monday.
A three-day forum showcasing projects and approaches to people first Public-Private Partnerships and how the United Nations is working together as one to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ...
The UN has appointed the Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, as a member of the new class of Sustainable Development Goals Advocates.
The President of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly, María Espinosa-Garcés, says UN will work with Nigeria and West Africa region to tackle development and security challenges together.
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has formally declared his intention to vie for the presidency of the 74th UN General Assembly.
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to receive President of the United Nations General Assembly, Maria Espinosa, who is paying a one-day official visit to Nigeria on Monday.
WFP said it will maintain its vital lifesaving assistance in Nigeria under the new strategic blueprint
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