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 ...
•Tony Nwoye A Nigerian-born United Nations Eminent Peace Ambassador, Ikenna Offor, has appealed to the senator representing Anambra North senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Tony Nwoye, to repair the deplorable Ikenna Offor Road, off Anam Street, in Nsugbe, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. Offor made this ...
Following the airstrike that killed at least 85 people and injured several others at Tudun Biri village in Kaduna state on Sunday, the United Nations has urged the Nigerian military to review its rules of engagement. The army drone targeting bandits struck as residents were celebrating their Maulud festival. Reacting to the incident, the UN [&...
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) says that Nigeria recorded a total of 77,000 new HIV infections and 43,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2022. The National Programme officer of the organization, Doris Ogbang made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja during the commemoration of World AIDS Day (WAD), by the UN system in Nigeria, re...