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    Metro U.N Releases $13m to Help Boko Haram Victims in Nigeria

    The United Nations humanitarian chief, Stephen O’Brien has announced the release of $13 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to provide life-saving assistance for victims of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s north-east. According to the UN, an estimated 250,000 people are in need...
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    World Refugees at Highest Ever Level, Says UN

    The number of people displaced by conflict is at the highest level ever recorded, the United Nations refugee agency has said. It estimated that 65.3 million people were either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced at the end of 2015, an increase of 5 million in a year. This...
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    Metro Biafra Agitators Propose Division of Nigeria Into 6 Nations

    Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, have pleaded with the United Nations, UN and other world leaders to divide Nigeria into six geo-political zones as a permanent solution to the myriad of problems facing the nation. In a...
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    World 10 Reasons Why Uganda Is the Best Country for Refugees

    According to a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Uganda has been praised to be the best country for those seeking asylum because of its welcoming policies. In a recent report by BBC, there are over half a million refugees in Uganda. Many of them are settled in...
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    Politics French President, Hollande in Talks With Buhari Over Boko Haram

    French President, Francois Hollande, who arrived Aso Rock Villa, Abuja on Saturday is currently holding talks with President Mohammadu Buhari over the incessant menace of Boko haram in Nigeria. According to Guardian, President Buhari is currently ting talks on Boko Haram with Hollande, leaders...
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    Business Nigeria, 24 Other Countries to Mobilise $1 Trillion Investment in Solar Energy

    To accelerate massive deployment of solar energy at various scales in their countries, ministers and representative from 25 countries agreed to take concerted action through targeted programmes launched on a voluntary basis, to better harmonize and aggregate the demand for Solar energy. The 25...
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    World Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former UN Secretary General, Dies at 93

    The former secretary general of the UN, Boutros Boutros-Ghali has died aged 93. Ghali died early today at a Cairo hospital, according to Egypt's state news agency. His death was confirmed by Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno, the Venezuelan ambassador to the UN and current president of the UN...
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    World AU Summit: Give Us Permanent Seat, We Are Also Humans and Not Ghosts – Mugabe Slams UN

    Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe told the United Nations (UN) that the continent will fight for its own identity, integrity and personality. African leaders also called on the United Nations to reform the Security Council by making African nations its permanent members. The call was made...
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