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 […]
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 […]
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 currently […]
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 […]
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 […]
The UN General Assembly Monday in New York has elected, by secret ballot, Nigeria and 14 other States to serve on the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2018 to 2020 term. UNHRC is the highest intergovernmental body in the UN system for matters relating to protection and promotion of human rights worldwide. According to […]
Militants have attacked a UN military base in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing one UN peacekeeper. The attack occurred in a village near the city of Beni. The mission spokesperson Florence Marchal is quoted by Reuters news agency as saying: “I can confirm an attack on the Monusco base at Mamundioma this morning which […]
The Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, Tuesday condemned the deadly attacks targeting innocent civilians in Konduga, Banki and Ngala areas of Borno. Kallon expressed this view in a statement by Biodun Banire, Public Information Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA ) on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that four […]
Wants UN to stop ISIS infiltration in Lake Chad Basin FG rakes in N2.5trn in 8 months through FIRS Corruption, biggest challenge in Nigeria –Magu President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the world that Nigeria’s faith in democracy is firm and unshaken, saying that the development can be seen from the 18 years of unbroken democracy […]
Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister said President Muhammadu Buhari will lead the Nigerian delegation to the 72nd UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Onyeama made this known in Abuja Tuesday while briefing newsmen on the conference scheduled to hold from Sept. 12th -25th. He said Nigeria would at the meeting, renew its call […]
Two UN bodies, the UN Office of Human Rights (OHCHR), and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), have denounced an ultimatum issued by members of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum for demanding that Igbo resident in all parts of northern Nigeria vacate the area by October 1, 2017. The two UN bodies […]
Cholera has killed at least 115 people in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the local Saba news agency said, after authorities on Sunday declared a state of emergency over the outbreak and called for international help to avert disaster. Sanaa is controlled by the armed Houthi movement, which is aligned with Iran and fighting a Western-backed, […]
An 18-year-old student from Mexico won the top prize at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards this weekend for his creation of EVA, an intelligent bra that can help in the early detection of breast cancer, according to FOX News. Julian Rios Cantu said he was inspired by his mother’s struggles as she repeatedly battled the […]
A revised version of Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugee admittance is expected to contain language again targeting seven Muslim-majority countries deemed terrorism-prone but exclude a ban on Syrian refugees, senior administration officials told ABC News today. The countries are Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan. Syrian refugees were banned under […]
The United Nations has commended Nigeria for the successes it has so far recorded in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the country. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for West Africa, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, who made the commendation in Abuja on Friday during a courtesy visit to the Minister of […]
Armed groups in Central African Republic freed more than 350 child soldiers Thursday in the largest such release since the country became engulfed in sectarian violence in late 2013, the U.N. children’s agency said. Three separate ceremonies took place near the town of Bambari, as children left the ranks of both a Christian militia […]
Gunmen in South Sudan have raped girls, seized boys to become soldiers and torched towns in some of the heaviest fighting seen in the 17-month-long civil war, the United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday. Over 300 000 civilians have been left without “life-saving aid” in the northern battleground state of Unity, after the UN and […]
Two U.S. diplomats are visiting Zimbabwe this week — a rare occurrence in recent years because of frosty U.S.-Zimbabwean relations. The visit comes as Harare pushes for an end to travel and financial sanctions against its leaders. A U.S. statement says Shannon Smith, the deputy assistant secretary for African Affairs, and Steven Feldstein, the deputy […]
Air strikes by a coalition of Arab nations on Saada city in Yemen are in breach of international law, despite calls for civilians to leave the area, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen said. “The indiscriminate bombing of populated areas, with or without prior warning, is in contravention of international humanitarian law,” Johannes van der […]
Zimbabwean officials made a plea to Western governments and international organizations on Wednesday to resume direct aid to the southern African country. But, the United Nations and the United States seem to be happy with the current arrangements. At a meeting, Zimbabwean Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa said that aid to Zimbabwe is currently “fragmented,” […]