•Maternal mortality Nigeria’s maternal mortality burden has raised concern once again, with the United Nations stating that it accounts for at least 25 per cent of global maternal deaths. Disclosing this yesterday at the second annual National Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Network Conference in Abuja, the Women Country Repre...
The United Nations has warned against allowing the 2027 general elections to become a source of violence and instability, urging Nigeria to use the democratic process to promote peace, national cohesion and development. The warning came as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) disclosed that its technology-enabled verification e...
•United Nations logo The United Nations political mission in Somalia ended on Saturday after a two-year transition, closing a chapter of more than three decades of UN peacebuilding operations in the East African nation. UNSOM was established by the UN Security Council in 2013 to support Somali authorities in the transition to democracy and the...
•Dr Iyabo Obasanjo and PDP logo Daughter of former Nigeria’s President, Iyabo Obasanjo, has raised the alarm over what she described as renewed threats to her life following an attack on a campaign gathering of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday. Iyabo Obasanjo, who is the PDP candidate for Ogun [&helli...
•Makeshift shelters for displaced Sudanese persons in Tawila, Darfur Nearly 8.3 million refugees and other forcibly displaced people face losing vital assistance from UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency warned today, as protection services crumble due to “severe” funding cuts. “UNHCR’s ability to protect and assist refugees, internally displaced pe...
•El Nino condition depicted on a map. Photo used for illustrative purpose El Nino represents a “significant” threat to global health, the United Nations warned yesterday, as the world braces for a cycle of the climate phenomenon predicted to be the most intense on record. Tied to warming surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, the […...
The Enugu State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has petitioned the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services (DSS), INTERPOL, the United Nations (UN) and other international bodies over what it described as an alleged escalation of political violence in the state. The officials of the party, in an open petition dated ...
•World Map by Equal Earth The UN General Assembly voted yesterday to back a resolution spearheaded by several African countries to adopt a map that makes their continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe. Aimed at “a more accurate representation” of continental landmasses, the resolution was supported by 164 countries while the U...
•Ebola outbreak The Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing “exponentially”, with more than 2,500 deaths now recorded, with half in the last 20 days, the United Nations’ senior Ebola coordinator said today. The Ebola outbreak is already the biggest in the country’s history and is spreading faster than any outbreak ...
•The German navy’s minehunter boat “Fulda” The United Nations has today urged countries involved in the Middle East war to help evacuate and repatriate some 6,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz. UN human rights chief Volker Turk called for urgent action to remedy the plight of thousands of stranded seafarers, who a...
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