Tag: United Nations

By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA NEW YORK- The United Nations Office for the West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) is collaborating with presidential candidates and other stakeholders...

By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA NEW YORK- The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has expressed his confidence in Ms Barbara Manzi, the most senior UN official in...

UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres on Monday, pledged to make 2023 “a year for peace” and a “year for action”, highlighting the need for...

By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA NEW YORK- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday announced the appointment of Ms Olufunmilayo Balogun-Alexander of Nigeria as United Nations...

By SANI IDRIS JAJI (KADUNA STATE)- The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Mrs Amina Mohammed, on Monday commended Nigeria’s effort in contributing...

By UMMUL IDRIS UNITED NATIONS- Terrorism is intensifying across Africa, exploiting instability and conflict, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed has said.“Terrorists and violent extremists,...

By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA NEW YORK- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has commended Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the African Union Mediator, for facilitating the...

By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA NEW YORK- Ghana on Tuesday assumed the Presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for November as debates on violent...

New York, - The United Nations is calling for more flexibility from developed countries in easing the growing debt burden of poorer...

By DESMOND EJIBAS PORT HARCOURT- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it is collaborating with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free,...

By SHEJI HALIMA THE HAGUE- A U.N. tribunal in The Hague on Thursday opened the genocide trial of a Rwandan businessman captured two years ago...

By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA NEW YORK- UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday paid tribute to the hundreds of victims and their families, of a 2009 stadium...

United Nations, - The aid community in South Sudan seeks safe passage of aid for thousands of displaced people in...

By IJENDU IHEAKA ABA(ABIA)- Dr Omoayena Odumbaku, Human Settlement Officer for Anglophone West Africa, UN Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) says the agency will employ best...

By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA NEW YORK - Nigerians working at the United Nations (UN) headquarters In New York on Monday mourned the Amb. Ejeviome Otobo, a...

NEW YORK - The police in Tuckahoe, New York, United States, have found the body of a former Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador Ejeviome Otobo, who...

By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA NEW YORK- The High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC), Mr Miguel Moratinos, has urged all governments to support the...

By EMMANUEL MOGBEDE ABUJA- Prof Kingsley Moghalu, African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential aspirant, says the forthcoming general elections provide Nigerians an opportunity to change their...

Madeleine Albright, a Czech immigrant who went on to become the first female secretary of state in US history, has died aged 84. A long-time...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged all countries to do more to put People Living with Disabilities (PLWD) “front and centre” of their post-COVID...