•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State The debate over how Nigeria should respond to the mass abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area has deepened, with the Oyo State House of Assembly openly disagreeing with the Senate’s rejection of Governor Seyi Makinde’s call for an independent United Nations investigation. Rather tha...
•Tinubu and UN logo The United Nations has announced plans to transition the coordination and leadership of humanitarian interventions in Nigeria to local authorities and institutions, scaling back its central role through the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria,...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Senate The Senate has cautioned Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde against making statements that could undermine ongoing efforts by the federal government and security agencies in tackling terrorism and kidnapping, following his call on the United Nations to investigate the abduction of schoolchildren and ...
•Makinde and Tinubu The presidency yesterday criticised Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde over his call for a United Nations-led investigation into the abduction of pupils and teachers in the state, describing the demand as unnecessary and politically motivated. Makinde, while formally assuming responsibility for the welfare, rehabilitation and ...
•A fish farm Africa needs to urgently expand its fish-farming sector to meet its food needs, the head of the UN’s fisheries division said today, even as its latest report found record production levels globally. Fish and seafood is now a $184-billion trade, according to the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture report by the […]
Iran has executed at least 40 people, including 18 protesters, on “national security grounds” since the start of 2026, the United Nations said today. UN rights chief Volker Turk said he felt “deeply for the people in Iran, caught between war and cruel repression”. Since the start of the year, the Iranian authorities “have executed […]...
The United Nations has come out to condemn the spate of kidnappings under the Tinubu-led federal government and the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing the north central territory of the Nigerian State as an area of concern. The global body, in the same vein lent its voice for justice and stated that […]
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