The European Union (EU) says it has imposed sanctions on 10 of Myanmar’s military leaders, as well as two giant military conglomerates, in its toughest measures...
The United Nations has stated its fears over the escalating violence and threat to lives in the North-West region of Nigeria as thousands of people flee...
Terrorists believed to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), have overrun a United Nations base in Borno State in a midnight attack...
Emerge Women, a civil society organisation, says the commendation of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the...
A staff of the United Nations (UN) identified as Abubakar Garba Idris, has been reportedly kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists who were dressed in military uniforms...
Three Burundian peacekeepers have been killed in the Central African Republic (CAR), by unidentified “armed combatants” as rebels in the war torn country called off truce...
The United Nations (UN) has revealed that no fewer than 6.5 million South Sudanese face severe food insecurity in the country with the numbers projected to...
The United Nations (UN) has forecasted that Africa’s economy will slow by 4.1 per cent this year and rebound by 5% in 2021 as the coronavirus...
The United Nations (UN) has condemned the attack on a Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State and called for the immediate release of the...
The United Nations (UN) has called on world leaders to declare a state of “climate emergency” in their countries to avoid “catastrophic” global warming. This was...
The United Nations has revealed that it has set aside the princely sum of $370 million as emergency fund to respond to possible crisis across the...
The government of Ethiopia has admitted that it fired at a team of United Nations aid workers in the conflict-hit Tigray region and later detained them,...
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 Defence Headquarters, on Monday, said 43 farmers died on Saturday, faulting a report by the United Nations that 110 civilians were killed by Boko Haram...
The United Nations (UN) on Sunday said that no less than 110 civilians were killed and many others wounded following the gruesome attack carried out by...
The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, on Tuesday expressed her desire for a woman to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Mohammed, who...
The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, said on Monday the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic was responsible for the social unrest in many...
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, will begin a four-day working visit to Nigeria and three other West African countries later on Sunday. A statement...
The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, has condemned the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters in Lagos State on Tuesday by security operatives. Different...
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation says more than nine million people in Sudan who have been displaced by flooding are in need of assistance....
The United Nations on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to complement military efforts with a political approach in tackling the country’s security challenges. The UN Resident...
The United Nations has revealed that no fewer than 70 people were killed and dozens wounded during weekend clashes between South Sudan’s army and armed civilians...
The United Nations (UN) has condemned the execution of five aid workers by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. In a statement in response to the...
The United Nations (UN) has commenced investigation into a viral video showing a couple having sex in one of its official cars. The spokesman of the...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking $182 million as financial support for Nigeria’s worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, including communities in North-East...
The United Nations disarmament chief has warned of an increase in cybercrime as the COVID-19 pandemic is moving the world towards increased technological innovation and online...
The United Nations (UN) Population Fund (UNFPA) says Nigeria records 12,000 new cases of Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF) yearly. The Country Representative of UNFPA, Mrs. Ulla Muller,...
The United Nations Middle East envoy, Nickolay Mladenov Wednesday warned Israel against continued threats to occupy parts of the West Bank as such plans were breeching...
Governments across the world have been urged by the World Food Programme and the United Nations children’s agency to shore up the futures of the 370...
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has received heavy knocks over his move to cut funding for the World Health Organization (WHO)...
The United Nations on Tuesday evening delivered ventilators and other medical supplies to Nigeria. The medical supplies were received by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika,...
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo and other former presidents of different African countries have decried the continent’s porous borders. The former leaders were reacting to...
The United Nations has declared that the coronavirus pandemic presents the world with its “worst crisis” since World War II, with the number of dead in...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa said on Saturday 3,778 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in 46 countries on the continent. The...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent complaint to the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over what it said, was...
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has recommended that ministers and diplomats skip a meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York...
The United Nations in a joint report with the World Health Organization and the Lancet medical journal has warned that poor diet and climate change pose...
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the African Union Peace Fund should be structured for the internal support arrangements within the continent and...
The former Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Ms. Damilola Ogunbiyi, has assumed duty at her new job at the United Nations. A UN spokesman,...
Tens of thousands of civilians have fled Syria’s Idlib province to the Turkish border, after an increase in bombings by Russia-backed government forces, creating a new...
The United Nations Security Council will meet at China’s request on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Indian-administered Kashmir, diplomats said. The council will meet behind...
United Nations, Amnesty International, and Action Against Hunger have all condemned the execution of the four abducted humanitarian workers by Boko Haram. The victims, who were...
A new survey by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has revealed that an estimated N675billion was...
The United Nations and the European Union have called on the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai to put an end to the spread...
The Egyptian government has come under severe criticism from the United Nations over its crackdown on civil society groups since President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi assumed office...
The United Nations has declared that the death of former Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, who died in prison last June could amount to “a state-sanctioned arbitrary...
The United Nations said on Friday that at least 1.2 million civilians are trapped in two local government areas controlled by Boko Haram. The civilians, according...
The United States has expressed disappointment at the delay in the formation of a government of national unity despite the agreement between the South Sudan president,...
The move by the administration of President Donald Trump of America, to formally notify the United Nations that it will withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate...
It is a common knowledge that the Ijaw Youths Council recently issued a release which among other remarks stated that; if the government should reintroduce what...
