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...
•Hungry Nigerians and Tinubu More than 17 million people across conflict-affected states in northern Nigeria are now facing acute hunger, as escalating violence, mass displacement and shrinking humanitarian assistance push the region towards its worst food security crisis in almost a decade, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has wa...
•Protesters against the kidnappings The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Malick Fall, has called for the immediate and safe release of schoolchildren and teachers abducted in recent attacks in Oyo and Borno states. Fall made the call after meeting with a delegation from the National Safe Schools Response...
•A 14-year-old boy poses at his home near Gosford in Australia as he looks at social media on his mobile phone Making the digital world safe for children is an urgent priority, the United Nations said today, adding that those those responsible for online harm must be held to account. UN rights chief Volker Turk […]
•Tinubu and IMF logo Profits from rising oil and gas prices for developing world producers, including Nigeria, are likely to be short-lived, the head of the United Nations trade agency said yesterday. The warning followed rising concerns over the negative aftermath of the ongoing Iran war, which has led to higher shipping costs due to [&helli...
•The United Nations headquarters building in New York The UN General Assembly yesterday designated the transatlantic African slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity,” despite opposition by the United States and some European countries. In a move that advocates hailed as a step toward healing and possible reparations, the resolution ...
•Kwara attack and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres The United Nations, the US, and Türkiye have condemned the killings in Kwara. In a separate statement, they said the attack, which left about 75 people dead and several others wounded, described the incident as “heinous”. In an X post, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, “I strong...
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