Tag: UN
Boko Haram: UN allocates N4bn for life-saving aid in Northeast
The UN says it has allocated 11 million dollars (about N4 billion) to help 60,000 internally displaced people in Borno and other humanitarian operations...
UN recognises Aba women’s riot on World Women’s Day
The UN Women has recognised the Aba women’s riot of 1929 as a noteworthy women-led demonstration, which ignited the revolution in the defence of...
3 UN workers, 8 others killed in Boko Haram attack
Three workers for United Nations agencies and eight others were killed in an attack by armed Boko Haram militants on a military near Nigeria’s...
Nigeria urges UN probe into deaths of 26 female migrants
Nigeria on Wednesday called for an international inquiry after 26 women and girls drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
The bodies of...
11m doctors, nurses, teachers needed to save Africa from ‘disaster’- UN
Africa needs 11 million more doctors, nurses and teachers by 2030 to prevent a “social and economic disaster” that could propel millions to migrate,...
#UNGA: Buhari addresses the world first time after health woes
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the international community of Nigeria’s firm and unshaken commitment to democracy in the country and the African continent.
The President...
UN gives top prize to Chibok girls negotiator
A Nigerian lawyer who helped secure the release of more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram was on Monday awarded one of the...
Tension as Nigerian Army raids UN base
The Nigerian Army conducted a dawn raid on the UN's main base in the country's conflict-torn northeast on Friday, the UN said, further inflaming...
Former Nigeria minister, Amina Mohammed, assumes duty as UN deputy sec-gen...
Immediate past Nigerian Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, will be sworn-in on Tuesday as the UN Deputy Secretary-General at the global body’s headquarters in...
FG will restore normalcy to IDPs in northeast, Osinbajo
Restoring normalcy to the lives of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the northeast remains a firm commitment of the Federal Government, Vice President Yemi...