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Boko Haram recently launched a vicious attack which removed Maiduguri from the national electricity grid and also led to the burning of a United Nations’ facility in Ngala, Borno state. Spokesperson of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Ndidi Mbah who confirmed the attack on Monday...

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Nearly 40 United Nations staff and aid workers have been killed in the last decade by Boko Haram violence in the volatile Nigeria northeast region, a UN official said Friday. “A total of 38 UN and NGO workers, most of them Nigerian, have … Read more via “nigeria” – Google News –...

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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has revealed that its leader, Mr Nnamdi Kanu will on Tuesday meet with officials of the United Nations in its Geneva, Switzerland office. A press release by the Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, stated that contrary to … Read...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Monday, said that worsening climate conditions is fuelling competition for shrinking resources in the Sahel region of Africa, which includes Northern Nigeria. Speaking in Geneva, Switzerland, at the 42nd session of the...

The Federal Government has approved the recognition and observance of September 16 of every year as National Identity Day. It said it is in line with the United Nations (UN) position on the contribution of dates to the achievement of the purposes of its Charter to promote action on …...

United Nations Secretary-General, António  Guterres, has “strongly condemned” the renewed wave of “acts of violence” against foreigners and their property in parts of South Africa. Guterres’ message was conveyed by his spokesperson, Mr Stéphane Dujarric, at a news briefing at the UN...

The United Nations said, yesterday, that Boko Haram insurgency was far from over in Nigeria. Boko Haram It also, while paying respects to fallen humanitarian aid workers as well as civilian victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in Abuja, said the 10-year-old insurgency has claimed … Read...

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Israel, Mr. Enoch Pear Duchi, has said that the Nigerian Embassy will not relocate to Jerusalem but will remain in Tel Aviv until the United Nations (UN) peacefully concluded his discussions with Israel and Palestine. … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria...

A report of enquiry into the plight of Christians across the globe recently released by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has revealed grave evidence that Christians constitute by far the most widely persecuted religion and calls on UN observers to monitor necessary security measures...

The top line out of the new United Nations report released Wednesday on the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi is that there is “credible evidence” that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and other high-level officials are personally liable for the grisly murder. But the 101-page...

UN rights experts called Wednesday for the Human Rights Council to set up a probe into possible violations committed by Sudan’s security forces against “peaceful protesters”. Sudan is “sliding into a human rights abyss,” a group of five United Nations experts said in a joint statement. A …...

Top UN officials including Secretary-General António Guterres have condemned Sunday’s deadly attack on a Catholic Church in Burkina Faso. At least six people, including the priest, were killed when gunmen opened fire on the worshippers at the church in the north of the country, media reports...

United Nations Women and government of Norway have identified poor representation of women in all areas of the Nigerian economy as a contributor to insecurity and attacks on women. Norwegian Ambassador to … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

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Amina Mohammed, who served as a Minister of Environment under President Muhammadu Buhari, has claimed that his victory over former vice-president Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential poll, was “a miracle”. Mohammed, who is now the United Nations’ Deputy Secretary-General, stated this in an...

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Amina Mohammed, has claimed a woman will likely succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The former Minister of Environment stated this on Saturday, while speaking at the Mo Ibrahim governance weekend in Abidjan.... Read more via...

Kenya has accused The United Nations of pouring millions of dollars to Somalia’s Al Shabaab. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau has said the UN was giving 10 per cent of humanitarian aid to terrorists to grant safe passage of food and other supplies in war-torn regions …...

A new joint United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) report has revealed the African countries with the worst food crises in the world. According to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), published on April 2, 2019, the most hungry people can be found in Read more via Pulse Nigeria –...