Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has disclosed that over 50,000 farmers who have been resettled to their communities by his government are still in need...
The outgoing United Nations Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, said on Saturday about 11 million Nigerians need humanitarian assistance. Kallon stated this during a farewell...
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...
Renowned environmentalist, Bjorn Lomborg, has called on world leaders to honour the 2015 agreement to double green energy research and development by 2020 and stop paying...
A United Nations report released on Tuesday has warned that over 100 million extremely poor people in Africa are threatened by the accelerating climate change that...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, pledged that Nigeria will continue to invest massively in food security as a way to enhance agricultural productivity in the country....
[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...
The Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) will today, September 14, begin a protest at the United Nations to press home their demands for a...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has called on the United Nations (UN) and other world bodies, to put pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari, to...
Without a doubt, Nigeria is in the grips of a security crisis. Almost every day, from East to North, South to West, a report of a...
Due to the widespread abductions of schoolchildren across Nigeria, the Nigeria-British Forum has appealed to the United Nations over tackling the scourge. This appeal was made...
A group, the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) on Monday, petitioned the United Nations over a plan by the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo...
The leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) Ralph Uwazuruike, has stated that there will be no peace in Nigeria...
The United Nations has reported that the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the challenges of making the world meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Between 119 to...
The Federal Government has called on the United Nations (UN) to forge a stronger collaboration with Nigeria to improve the country’s food system. The appeal was...
Rebel leaders in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region have vowed to continue fighting despite a ceasefire declaration by the federal government. The dissidents, in a statement on...
The United Nations (UN) has implored Nigerian youths to work towards the unity of the country rather than resorting to criticisms. This call was made over...
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) an agency of the United Nations (UN), says the insurgency in the North-East has displaced about 65,800 farmers in Borno...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a complaint against the Federal and Kogi State Governments at the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention...
The United Nations has warned of serious famine in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region as a result of the ongoing conflict. UN’s top humanitarian official, Mark Lowcock,...
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)...
