•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...
The United Nations rights chief today called on the Burkina Faso government to halt all repression of civic space and to overturn its plan to prohibit all political parties. The junta running the West African nation said last week it planned to dissolve all political parties, whose activities have been suspended since the military rulers [&hel...
Slave-Trade-Abolition Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) has commended Ghana’s plan to sponsor a United Nations resolution seeking formal recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity, describing the move as a significant and symbolic step for Africa on the global stage. Ghana is expected to file the resol...
•Nigeria’s escalating insecurity and looming hunger catastrophe Around 55 million people in violence-wracked west and central Africa face acute food insecurity this year and some are on the verge of famine in northern Nigeria, the United Nations said today. Violence across the region has triggered a hunger crisis that is being exacerbated by a...
•Shi’ites protest The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as the Shi’ites, has petitioned the United Nations Human Rights Council, Amnesty International, and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), urging them to intensify pressure for the prosecution of those responsible for what the group describes as a decade-old atrocit...
The United Nations has expressed concern that displaced communities in Nigeria — with camps closing and nowhere else to go — risk returning to areas where lethal explosive remnants may be hidden from view. Speaking on the sidelines of a key international meeting in support of landmine action taking place at the UN in Geneva […]
The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Fall, has warned that technology-facilitated abuse is becoming one of the most dangerous and fast-growing forms of gender-based violence, urging government, technology companies and communities to take stronger action to protect women and girls. Speaking at the UN Hou...
•International Criminal Court (ICC) A coalition of Christian organisations has submitted petitions to the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC), urging both bodies to launch an independent investigation into recurring attacks and killings affecting Christian communities in parts of Nigeria. The groups said that the seriousn...
•Tinubu and United Nations logo The United Nations has warned that acute food insecurity is worsening in Nigeria and 15 other global hunger hotspots, putting millions at risk of famine between November 2025 and May 2026. The joint report ‘Hunger Hotspots: FAO/WFP Early Warnings on Acute Food Insecurity’ was by the Food and Agriculture Organisa...
•Property demolition in Lagos The Association of Igbo Town Unions, ASITU, has petitioned the United Nations Human Rights Council, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the ECOWAS Court of Justice over the persistent demolition of shops and properties belonging to Igbo traders and investors in Lagos. National President of ASI...

