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The Federal Government has given the United Nations (UN) and other international organisations in Nigeria a 30-day deadline by which they must provide a thorough accounting of how donations have been used over the years. The FG vowed…

The proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) says it is ready to negotiate with the federal government over a peaceful separation of Biafra from Nigeria. IPOB is asking for a United Nations supervised referendum to extricate…

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has commended the United Nations for its interest and sustained commitment to the growth of democratic processes in Nigeria. A statement by the Atiku…

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Nigerian economy and other African economies are on the verge of collapse due to inflation, debt, and the FX crisis. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva reported that…

The United Nations Security Council was informed that extremists in Congo kidnapped a woman; then proceeded to chain her up, beat her, stripped her naked, and had her consume human flesh. The survivor disclosed her experiences with…

Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams has called on the United Nations (UN) and other international organisations to interfere in the rising insecurity in Nigeria. According to him, “no part of Nigeria is safe again.”…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will spare no efforts at getting rid of Boko Haram terrorists, especially in the North-East part of the West African nation. The President said this while addressing over 80 world leaders…

Attackers armed with guns and machetes have killed at least eight children on Saturday in a raid on a school in southwestern Cameroon. According to the United Nations, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the bilingual…

A United Nations agency has said that more than half of Lebanon’s population risk facing a food crisis in the aftermath of a Beirut port blast that compounded the country’s many woes. UN Economic and Social Commission for…

World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Nigeria free of wild polio as at Friday, June 19th. This comes after the completion of documentation for the free status by the Nigerian government. The WHO Nigeria made the announcement…

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes has estimated that about 64,000 Nigerians are murdered annually in the country with the homicide rate highest in the North-East at 79 and North-Central at 65 per 100,000 inhabitants.…

The United Nation as called for a ban of virginity testing of girls, as the body said such testing violates their human rights. A group of United Nations agencies issued a joint statement calling for a ban on tests meant to assess the…

Under a new State Department requirements, the United States will only recognize marriages, and not same-sex partnerships, when granting diplomatic visas to partners. The change, which took effect Monday, impacts the partners of…

The Chief Executive Officer for Bank of Industry (BOI), Mr. Olukayode Pitan, will join an international community of leaders from the business, government and civil society at the two-hour UN Global Compact CEO Roundtable to…