Haq said this when he spoke to newsmen in Abuja
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The groups are: the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Enough is Enough Nigeria Coalition, Civil Society Network Against Corruption and Women Empowerment and Legal Aid Initiative
The report, entitled: Global Community of Practice on Food Loss Reduction, was produced with the goal of becoming “a global reference point” in the facilitation of information sharing between stakeholders such as public entities, civil society and the private sector
For several years, men have subjugated women politically and this has translated in the obvious low participation of women in the Nigerian scene
The Awolowos, the Tafawa Balewas and Azikiwes fought for what they became. It was never handed to them on a platter
Russia has delayed the process by placing a technical hold on the designations, but diplomats say it is simply to give Moscow more time to complete its review of the proposal made by Nigeria to the Security Council al Qaeda sanctions committee
Meanwhile, suspected gunmen from the group have shot dead 29 farm workers as they tilled their fields in a village in the remote northeast, a police source said on Thursday
This was contained in a later of appreciation signed by the UN Deputy Secretary General and forwarded to the Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, as part of the outcome of Eliasson’s visit to Nigeria in March 2014, where they discussed issues relating to water and sanitation
He said President Goodluck Jonathan and other Nigerians were determined to locate the missing girls and safely return them to their families
Travel warnings against Nigeria are fast becoming the new international fad
Omosehin said it was disturbing that the country, which represented two per cent of the world population, accounted for about 14 per cent of global maternal deaths
Ogwu listed her priority for April to include three open debates to address the Middle East, women, peace and security and on the initiative of Nigeria, maintenance of international peace and security
“Nigeria is a richly diverse country which hosts a great variety of minority groups. While it has well documented problems associated with that diversity that require attention and solutions, Nigeria is also one of Africa’s most dynamic and vibrant societies with much to share that is positive,” Izsák stated
“We estimate that in the last three and a half years, al Qaeda-affiliated and other Islamist extremist groups have collected at least $105 million,” British UN Ambassador, Mark Grant, told reporters
Agoda said the award was bestowed on him by the Global Educators Initiative, an agency of the United Nations
The UNHCR, in its reports made available at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, reported that several people had been killed, their villages bombed and at least two villages burned to the ground
The reports, presented to journalists by the ECA’s Chief Forecaster, Adam EiHiraikia, listed Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Burkina Faso among those economies
The legislation has strained relations between President Joyce Banda’s government and international donors, whose aid is desperately needed in the impoverished country
The honour, which was presented to him some days back, was in part a mandate to further propagate the United Nations Millenium Development Goals
Jonathan had earlier thanked Jammeh and Gambia for conceding West-Africa’s non-permanent seat in the United Nations’ Security Council for 2014 to 2015 to Nigeria