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UN Verdict: Nigeria can’t defeat Boko Haram/ISWAP on battlefield

22nd January, 2022 Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists cannot be won on the battlefield, a top United Nations official has said. In an interview with The Associated Press, Martin Griffiths, head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said the terrorists are still dangerous and threatening. He said crisis […]

FG, UNICEF launch new policy on gender education

From Paul Osuyi, Asaba   The Federal Government has launched the recently reviewed National Policy on Gender in Education (NPGE). Breaking News, Nigerians can now work in Nigeria and get paid in US Dollars Click here to apply today . The national launch and dissemination of the NPGE, which was held in Asaba, the Delta State capital, was done […]

UN General Assembly: Buhari begs world leaders for debt cancellation (Only to borrow again)

  President Muhammadu Buhari has asked world leaders to consider developing states “facing fiscal and liquidity challenges” and consider them for “debt suspension, including outright cancellation.” He stated this on Friday, while addressing world leaders at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Buhari said, “On the issue of debt, […]

Buhari Departs Abuja Sunday for New York to Attend UN General Assembly

Muhammadu-Buhari Addresses Assembly on Friday Returns to Nigeria next Sunday By Deji Elumoye President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart Abuja Sunday for New York, United States of America, to participate in the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76). This year’s UNGA session, which opened on Tuesday, September 14, has as theme: […]

Nigeria, UN condemn Guinea coup, demand release of detained President Condé

The Nigerian government has rejected Sunday’s toppling of the Alpha Condé regime in Guinea. The country’s foreign ministry on Sunday said the putsch was a violation of the ECOWAS protocol to which Guinea is signatory to. “The Nigerian government is saddened by the apparent coup d’etat that has taken place in the Republic of Guinea […]

UN General Assembly creates new permanent forum of People of African Descent

Capping years of deliberations, the UN General Assembly on Monday established a new platform to improve the lives of African-descendants, who had suffered racism, racial discrimination and a legacy of enslavement around the globe, for centuries. The 193-member body unanimously adopted a resolution establishing the United Nations Permanent Forum of People of African Descent, a […]

Eminent Nigerian leaders petition UN, others over flawed 1999 Constitution

Give 90-day ultimatum for talks Prominent Nigerian leaders have faulted the 1999 Constitution describing it as being skewed in favour of the northern region. The eminent leaders, which include former Chief of General Staff, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe (rtd), former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, Second Republic Senator, Prof. Banji Akintoye, erstwhile President-General, Ohaneze Ndigbo, […]

UN Deputy Secretary-General commend governors’ handling of #EndSARS protests

Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed met on Tuesday with the governors of the 36 states of the Federation on the platform of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), commending their maturity in the handling of the #EndSARS protests. She came to the commendation when she visited the NGF Secretariat as part of her tour of […]

United Nations: Forging ahead at 75

WHERE would the world be today without the United Nations, UN? Even though the UN is often derided as having failed the expectations of many, the world would definitely have been a much poorer place if we did not have the benefit of the moderating effects of this noble global organisation. The UN has been […]