The United Nations on Thursday honoured two Nigerian police officers and 101 other peacekeepers that died in the line of duty last year. The two Nigerians...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Wednesday, alleged that there was a conspiracy with the silence of the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU),...
The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, said on Friday Nigeria was in dire need of a courageous leader to tackle insecurity,...
The Taliban, on Tuesday, warned that a United Nations meeting on Afghanistan that excluded it from participating could be counter-productive The Taliban threat came on Tuesday...
Self-styled Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), Simon Ekpa, has petitioned the United Nations, the United States of America, the European Union...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a ceasefire of at least three days in Sudan to mark Eid-el-Fitri celebration. Guterres, who spoke to reporters...
The United Nations has launched an appeal for $1 billion from member states to help relief efforts in Turkey following last week’s devastating earthquakes that has...
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHOA), has disclosed that more than 4.4 million Nigerians have been affected by floods since July...
The United Nations has expressed concern over the insecurity in the North-West part of the country. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, who addressed...
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Saturday urged the Nigerian authorities to investigate reports of forced abortions by the military. A report emerged on Wednesday...
The United Nations has condemned the killing of an aid worker by a Nigerian soldier on Thursday in Damboa, Borno. Matthias Schmale, the UN humanitarian coordinator...
A former senior official of the United Nations, Karim Elkorany, has been sentenced to 15 tears imprisonment by a Federal Court in Manhattan, USA, after he...
The US-Nigeria Law Group has accused the Nigerian government of being more responsible for the high number of out-of-school children in the country which the United...
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that Nigeria is already feeling the effects of climate change, as seen by the widespread flooding in the country, creeping desertification,...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says more than 2.5 million Nigerians and over 1.5 million children have been affected and are at risk as devastating...
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, on Saturday, urged world leaders to step up efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic. He made the appeal in his...
The President of Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, on Wednesday accused neighbouring Rwanda of backing the M23 rebel group fighting in the eastern part of...
The United Nations Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of all Human Rights of older persons, Dr. Claudia Mahler, on Friday urged the Federal Government to step...
The United Nations Humanitarian Agency has raised the alarm over the deplorable conditions in Afghanistan, warning that six million people were at risk of famine following...
The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, on Thursday warned that Nigeria might not achieve the global agenda for inclusive and equitable basic education...
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNGs) on Friday condemned the United Nations’ demand for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra...
The United Nations Human Rights office has put civilian death toll in Syria at 306,887 since a conflict broke out in the country in March 2011,...
The 550 Ethiopian soldiers who were part of the United Nations peacekeeping team in Sudan have refused to return home and are seeking asylum in the...
The United Nations said on Saturday at least 7.7 million are facing severe food crisis and in need of humanitarian assistance in South Sudan. In a...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) said Wednesday that at least 516 persons had been killed in Russia’s invasion of its Southern neighbour,...
The United Nations has raised an alarm over the infiltration and activities of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) terrorist group in Nigeria and...
The United Nations said on Wednesday it would need $1.1 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to 8.4 million vulnerable Nigerians in the North-East this year. The...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Tuesday at least 14.3 million people are into drug abuse in Nigeria. In a report...
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has projected that by the year 2030, about 50 per cent of the world’s population would live in coastal...
It was not surprising that the Nigerian Diaspora community would gather in New York City at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly to protest...
A video has emerged in the internet allegedly showing some non Nigerians being recruited to take part in counter-protests in support of the Nigerian government at...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday renewed Nigeria’s demand for the urgent reforms of the United Nations Security Council, saying the 15 years intergovernmental negotiations on the...
A report by the United Nations (UN) has disclosed that most agricultural funding distorts prices in the market and harms the environment. The report, A multi-billion-dollar...
[responsivevoice_button voice=”UK English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] Seventeen regional United Nations entities, under Africa Regional Collaborative Platform (RCP), on Tuesday, unveiled the Africa UN Data for...
Despite its pledge to ensure the status quo regarding the entrenchment of women’s rights, the Taliban has reneged on its agreement, according to the United Nations....
The United Nations on Tuesday said serious human rights violations had been committed since the Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan. This was contained in a...
A report by a United Nations (UN) independent news organisation, The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News), has uncovered a secret programme by the Nigerian government tagged,...
The United Nations has set up an emergency committee to tackle famine in northern Nigeria. The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, who announced this at a news...
The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), has written an open letter President Muhammadu Buhari, the Secretary General of the United Nations Organization (UN), the Security Council of...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Friday asked the United Nations Human Rights Office to appoint a country rapporteur to look into the increasing...
The United Nations has suspended humanitarian operations in Damasak and Dikwa areas of Borno State over incessant terror attacks targeting its workers and volunteers. The Resident...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the UN Security Council and its members urging them to “urgently hold a special...
The United Nations (UN) on Thursday said the economy of Africa’s most populous nation, though slow, was moving in the right direction. The Deputy Secretary-General of...
Nigeria was the top Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) destination in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2020 ahead of South Africa and Ethiopia, the United Nations Trade Association (UNTA)...
The United Nations on Monday withdrew its earlier claim that 110 farmers were killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Zabarmari community of Borno State. In...
The United Nations has declared that Sudan needs the sum of $150m in aid to cope with the flood of Ethiopian refugees crossing its border from...
The United Nations (UN) has announced that it has temporarily suspended humanitarian services in the troubled eastern part of South Sudan after the killing of two...
Amid the backlash faced by the Nigeria Police due to brutality and rights abuses, Chief Superintendent, Catherine Ugorji has remained a shining light. Officer Ugorji who...
The United Nations has confirmed the killing of no fewer than two of its health workers who both died during an explosion in the country’s capital...
The United Nations on Saturday confirmed the killing of at least eight children in a school in Kumba, southwestern Cameroon. Local official had earlier said four...
