•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...
•Olukemi Ibikunle A Nigerian corrections officer serving with the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Olukemi Ibikunle, has been named the recipient of the 2025 UN Trailblazer Award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers. The award, now in its third year, recognises the exceptional con...
•Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly today Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN today denied accusations of “genocide” in Gaza and using “starvation” as a tactic, insisting Israel was actually feeding the people of the devastated Palestinian territory. “Those wh...
•Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City today Iran’s president has repeated that his country is not seeking nuclear weapons, after military strikes by Israel and the United States and impending sanctions triggered by European powers. “I...
The United Nations has shut down a critical air service in Nigeria’s northeast over severe funding shortages. he U.N. Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), run by the WFP, ended its fixed-wing operations in the country last week after nearly a decade of flying aid workers and supplies into conflict zones, reports Channels TV. “In 2024, UNHAS [&hel...
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