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UN says 5.9 million Nigerian children facing malnutrition, hunger

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The number of Nigerian children facing acute food shortages and hunger has been put at 5.9 million. The UN resident coordinator disclosed this at the launch of 2024 the Lean Season Food Security and Nutrition Crisis multi-sector plan. According to Fall, the resident coordinator, the plan seeks

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UN chief calls for digital accessibility for PLWD

Ihesiulo Grace 17 June 2023 0

By Doosuur Iwambe United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres on Tuesday called for improved digital accessibility for Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWD). Guterres made the call at the opening of the 16th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at UN headquarters in New […]

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UN Secretary-General reacts after heavy fighting breaks out in Sudan’s capital

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2023 0

Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), on Saturday condemned the outbreak of fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Sudan. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the RSF and SAF have been exchanging fire since 9am on Saturday. At least three civilians have been killed, according to […]

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UN calls for funds to tackle hunger in Myanmar

Ihesiulo Grace 6 August 2021 0

The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday it may not have enough funding for the next six months to help millions of people in Myanmar facing food insecurity amid a wave of COVID-19 infections and political unrest in the southeast Asian nation. The WFP said in a statement it needs $86 million dollars […]

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What Buhari told UN on palliative distribution (see full speech)

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said as part of efforts to reduce the suffering of Nigerians imposed by the COVID-19 his administration has commenced the distribution of palliatives worth N10.9 billion to households and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. READ ALSO: Buhari would be remembered as the father of democracy in Nigeria— Obaseki He said this  while

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UN Security Council condemns acts of terrorism in N/East Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 17 June 2020 0

The members of the UN Security Council have condemned the multiple terrorist attacks which resulted in several deaths with many others injured in North East Nigeria. These recent attacks were carried out on June 9, and June 10, in Felo, and on June 13, in Monguno against a UN humanitarian facility and on June 13, […]

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UN chief warns of global surge in domestic violence amid virus crisis

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2020 0

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of a “horrifying global surge” in domestic violence during the coronavirus crisis, and urged governments to step up efforts to prevent violence against women, in a video message on Sunday. “We know lockdowns and quarantines are essential to suppressing COVID-19. But they can trap women with abusive

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UN chief says coronavirus is worst global crisis since World War II

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2020 0

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said the world was lagging in its coordinated fight against the coronavirus, as he launched a plan to address the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic. “This is the most challenging crisis we have faced since the Second World War,” the UN chief told a virtual press conference. This […]

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UN says it needs 2bn dollars to help poorer countries during pandemic

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2020 0

Poorer countries need 2 billion dollars of international humanitarian aid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said in launching a major donation appeal on Wednesday. Guterres said the virus is arriving in “in countries already in the midst of humanitarian crises caused by conflicts, natural disasters and climate

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UN chief warns the world is ‘way off track’ to meet climate goals

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United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned that the world was far off the path it needs to be on to reach climate goals agreed by the international community in 2015. “We are currently way off track to meeting either the 1.5-degree or 2-degree targets that the Paris Agreement calls for,” the secretary general […]

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Gender inequality, biggest human rights challenge we face — UN Chief

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2020 0

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says gender inequality is the “overwhelming injustice of our age and the biggest human rights challenge we face”. Guterres made the assertion at an event organised by the UN in New York on Friday to commemorate the International Women’s Day 2020. He noted that gender equality is a question of […]

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Nigeria re-elected UN Peacekeeping Committee chair

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2020 0

Nigeria has been re-elected to Chair the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, known to be “UN most strategic committee” on the record 48th time. According to a statement on Friday  by Amb. Samson Itegboje, the Charge d’Affaires and Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN, Nigeria re-emerged the committee’s Chair by election. Itegboje, the […]

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UN pledges support for reproductive health agenda in Africa

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The United Nations will support African governments to expand access to quality and affordable reproductive health services for disadvantaged groups like women and girls living in urban slums, officials said on Wednesday. Dereje Wordofa, the Deputy Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), said this in a speech read on his behalf by Hala Youssef, […]

Politics

Prevent another Gulf war, Top official urges UN

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United Nations – A senior UN official, Ms Agnès Callamard, has urged the organisation  and its leadership to “step up” to prevent another war in the Gulf. Callamard, who is the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, made the call in a tweet on Friday. She was reacting to a statement by […]

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UN agencies return 5,087 Somali refugees from Yemen in 2 years

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Mogadishu – Two UN agencies said on Friday that some 5,087 Somali refugees had so far returned home from Yemen since it started an Assisted Spontaneous Return (ASR) programme in 2017. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that 39 organised departures had taken place from Yemen to Somalia […]

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Gender-based violence: EU, UN plan to spend $10m per year in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 26 November 2019 0

Kano, The UN and European Union (EU) plan to spend 10 million  dollars  per year  in the next four years  to end all forms of violence against women and girls in Nigeria. Mrs Hadiza Aminu,  EU, UN Spotlight Initiative Coordinator,  said this in Kano on Monday during a media dialogue Stoplight Initiative on ending violence […]

Health

How meat consumption damages land on earth- report says

Ihesiulo Grace 8 August 2019 0

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), body of the United Nations in charge of assessing the science related to climate change, has advice the need for eating less meat and discouraging food wastage. The IPCC report stresses that food waste and meat consumption will need to be reduced if we want to slash global […]

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2019 Taraba guber: 168 Wards pick form for UN official

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2018 0

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, representatives of 168 wards in Taraba state have picked the nomination and expression of interest forms for a United Nations (UN) Commission official of the Federal Government, Alhaji Aliyu Umar. The group endorsed Surveyor, Alhaji Aliyu Umar, a former civil servant, Director, Maritime Services and Geo-Information Technology and

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Road crash: 650 people killed daily in Africa- UN

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

Myke Uzendu with Agency reports A UN Special Envoy for Road Safety Jean Todt, has disclosed that not less than 650 people are killed daily in road accidents throughout the continent of Africa due to poor legislation and bad driving habits. The Special Envoy stated this yesterday at the 2017 Africa Road Safety Conference in […]

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Nigeria to increase active mobile broadband subscriptions to 50% by 2020

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2017 0

Tony Nwakaegho with Agency Report A Nigerian United Nation (UN) official has said the nation is committed to increasing the current coverage of the active mobile broadband subscription per 100 persons from 20.95 per cent to 50 per cent by 2020. The Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN, Bolaji Akinremi, disclosed this […]