Tag: United Nations

June 3, 2020

Also to be elected same day are new members of the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council of ...

Three Nigerians, 80 others get UN posthumous peacekeeping award

May 29, 2020

The fallen heroes were posthumously awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal during a virtual award ceremony to mark the 2020 International ...

That UN Boko Haram hoax, by Yusuf Msheliza

Crime

UN hails Nigeria’s contributions to peacekeeping, honours fallen peacekeepers

May 28, 2020

The Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator of the UN in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, thanked the Federal Government and Nigerians for exemplary ...

Our focus is on bilateral free trade agreements – US

World News

US must prevent police killings of African Americans — UN

May 28, 2020

Protests broke out in the Midwestern city over the death of George Floyd, an African American man who died after ...

Schools resumption: Lagos speaks as it partners Microsoft to train 18,000 teachers

May 26, 2020

Adefisayo said this while discussing the plans of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Administration for education on an online show, Covinspiration, ...

WHO to immunize 300,000 against cholera in Borno

UNFPA pledges aggressive campaign against VVF in Nigeria

May 22, 2020

She asserted UNFPA’s large imprints in prevention and curative interventions of the VVF in collaboration with other stakeholders in the ...

Still no proof coronavirus can be spread through surface contact – WHO

May 16, 2020

The World Health Organisation says it has not been proven if people can catch the novel coronavirus by touching surfaces ...

CJN leads Supreme Court panel on Atiku’s appeal as hearing begins

Crime

CJN orders Chief Judges to ensure speedy trial, decongestion of prisons

May 15, 2020

The order of the CJN was contained in a memo with reference number: NJC/CIR/HOC/II/662, dated May 15, 2020 and addressed ...

COVID-19: People being smuggled to circumvent lockdown order — LG Boss

UN fears 500,000 extra AIDS deaths as COVID-19 stalls health services

May 12, 2020

UN agencies warned on Monday that more than half a million people in sub-Saharan Africa could die from AIDS-related illnesses ...

News

COVID-19: UN donates N38m palliatives to vulnerable Nigerian women

May 8, 2020

According to a statement on Friday in Abuja by Mercedes Alfa, UN Women Media Officer, the fund was presented to ...

UN sets up regional knowledge hub to fight COVID-19

by NAN

April 26, 2020

The virus has caused a global crisis affecting the core of humanity, affecting the social, economic, environment and related spheres, ...

Top UN official, others eulogise Kyari in letters of condolence to Buhari

April 19, 2020

Edward Kallon, the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, United Nations System in Nigeria, has expressed condolences to President Muhammadu Buhari on ...

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COVID-19: Nigeria gets fresh vital supplies, equipment from UN

April 17, 2020

The United Nations on Thursday delivered a fresh batch of medical equipment and other vital supplies to the Nigerian Government ...

COVID-19: Africa’s death toll hits 466, cases now 9,600 – WHO

April 7, 2020

The World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says there are 9,600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on ...

UN Chief to women activists: Power is not given, power is taken

Nigeria’s response to COVID-19 excites United Nations

April 4, 2020

Nigeria’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic has caught the attention of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, who described it as ...

Food security/Zero hunger: FAO promises Nigeria continued technical support

Columns

Keeping global food chains alive crucial amid COVID-19 crisis, by QU Dongyu

March 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is putting enormous strains on the public health systems around the world, and millions of people in ...

UN mobilises N756m to fight COVID-19 in Nigeria

March 25, 2020

The United Nations says it has mobilised $2 million (N756 million) to assist Nigeria’s fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Racial discrimination over coronavirus shameful — UN Chief

March 21, 2020

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says there are growing acts of racial discrimination over the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, describing the ...