Tag: UN
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Biden vows a new era of ‘relentless diplomacy’ as the world contends with Covid, climate change and China
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KEY POINTS President Joe Biden addressed a gathering of the 76th United Nations General Assembly that was scaled down because of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the majority of leaders delivering…
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Nigeria elected member of UN Economic and Social Council
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The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in New York elected Nigeria along with 17 other countries into the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN. The News Agency…
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SERAP drags Buhari, NASS to UN over cuts in health, UBE budgets, N27bn for renovation
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to three UN special rapporteurs urging them to use their “mandates to urgently request the Nigerian government and the leadership…
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COVID-19: Global Solidarity Only Hope For Mankind, Buhari Declares At UN Backed High-Level Meeting
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President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday said global solidarity was the hope for humanity, and called on developed countries and international financial institutions to cancel the debts of ”needy countries” especially in…
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Africa COVID-19 death toll hits 214, total cases rise to 6,075 – WHO
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The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are now 6,075 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on African continent with 214 deaths. According to…
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The Coronavirus Poses a Big Threat to Refugees and People in Humanitarian Crisis
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By Mark Leon Goldberg According to the latest data from the World Health Organization, the Coronavirus outbreak, known as Covid-19, has spread to over 60 countries. Over 88,000 people have…
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Africa Energy Forum 2020 to address Sustainable Development Goal on Energy (SDG7) and Impact of Energy Investment
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Under the overarching theme “Investment & Impact,” the Forum’s 2020 programme puts sustainable development and the impact of power projects under the spotlight BARCELONA, Spain, February 17, 2020/ — The…
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The Khashoggi verdict is exactly what impunity looks like. It must be denounced, By Agnes Callamard
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*Agnes Callamard is the U.N. Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and director of Global Freedom of Expression at Columbia University.* On Monday, the Saudi public prosecutor announced…
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Humanitarian issues: Gov Zulum, UN-Under Secretary General, Minister meet in Maiduguri
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Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, the United Nations Under Secretary General for humanitarian affairs, Sir Mark Andrew Lowcock, Nigeria’s Minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Hajiya…
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There’s heavy weight on you, Buhari tells Bande at UN
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President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in New York paid a courtesy call on President of the 74th United Nations General Assembly, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, telling him that he bears a…
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CPJ joins call for U.N. Human Rights Council to extend mandate of Burundi Commission of Inquiry
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*A man stands in front of a plaque in honor of missing Burundian journalist Jean Bigirimana in Bujumbura during a commemoration to mark one year after the journalist’s disappearance on…
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UN Condemns Boko Haram Ambush On Aid Workers In Borno
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By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, EDWARD KALLON has condemned the fresh Boko Haram Ambush on its Humanitarian Workers along Gubio -Damasak road…
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Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II gets new UN job
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United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday in New York, United States, announced the appointment of His Royal Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano, as one of his…
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Over $8m worth of elephant tusks, pangolin scales smuggled out of Nigeria late January- UN
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…Charges on protection of planet’s wildlife As the World’s Wildlife Day was celebrated on Sunday, 3rd of March, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has beamed its…
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Features- Fraud in UN Agencies in Nigeria: Mindboggling Conversation with a Consultant-Professor, By Betty Abah
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By the time Prof finished speaking to me, after about two hours, my jaw had fallen to the ground several times and had been picked up, my knees had wobbled…
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Northeast: $848m required for humanitarian projects, says UN
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MORE than 7.1 million of the 13.4 million people Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states are facing the brunt of terrorists’ attacks, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…