•A flooded area The United Nation’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) says it has released US$5 million to scale up the flood response and address critical needs in three of the most flood affected states in Nigeria – Borno and Bauchi in the North-East, and Sokoto in the North-West. CERF made the announcement in a […]
•9/11 terrorist attacks in US The United Nations (UN) yesterday joined its host city, New York, in commemorating the 2,977 lives lost on September 11, 2001, when Al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four aircrafts and flew them into buildings in the United States. Two of the planes struck the twin skyscrapers of the World Trade Center in […]
•Food stuffs The United Nations has again predicted that 82 million Nigerians, about 64 per cent of the country’s population, may go hungry by 2030, calling on the government to tackle climate change, pest infestations, and other threats to agricultural productivity. The prediction comes in the wake of a persistent hike in food prices in [&hel...
The United Nations voiced alarm today after recent mass kidnappings in Nigeria of hundreds of children and others, calling for investigations to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice. Criminal gangs often carry out mass kidnappings in northwest Nigeria, targeting schools, villages and highways where they can quickly snatch large numbe...
The United Nations Children Fund has condemned the abduction of students by bandits in Kaduna State. It said the alarming frequency of such incidents across the country signalled a crisis that requires immediate and determined action from all, reports The PUNCH. UNICEF said it is coordinating with local officials and providing assistance to th...
•Boko Haram insurgents The United Nations (UN) yesterday strongly condemned the abduction of internally displaced persons (IDPs), many of them women, boys and girls, in Borno State. The insurgents struck three Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Ngala tow, the headquarters of Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area at the border of Camero...
•International Court of Justice (ICJ) The UN’s top court yesterday rejected South Africa’s request to put more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against the Gaza city of Rafah, saying it was “bound to comply with existing measures.” Pretoria has already filed a complaint against Israel in the International Court of Justic...
A United Nations special report on the persistent insecurity situation in parts of Katsina State has unveiled 24 terrorists’ cells spread across about 30 forests in this North-West area of Nigeria. The report tagged, “Mapping the potentials of Transitional Justice in Katsina State,” also identified each terrorist leader by name as well as the ...
The United Nations has said that Nigeria’s rising debt, increasing inflation rate and its impact on the welfare of the citizens, puts the nation at risk of declining economic growth in 2024. The UN made this known in its World Economic Situation and Prospects report for 2024 projects made available to our correspondent, reports The […]...
•Attack victims The UN human rights chief said today he was “deeply alarmed” by the string of attacks on villages in central Nigeria, which left nearly 200 dead, according to local authorities. Armed groups launched attacks between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning in Nigeria’s Plateau State, a region plagued for several years by religious ...
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