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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories, United Nations
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
Ki-Moon demands release of Chibok girls •Backs President’s anti-graft war From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, yesterday in Abuja demanded the unconditional release of over 200 girls abducted from their school in Borno State on April 14 last year. This is even as his host, President Muhammadu Buhari said over […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, United Nations
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
The United Nations Children’s Fund has called on the incoming All Progressives Congress-led government to find a way of protecting girls and women from the onslaught of Boko Haram. The UNICEF said the number of Nigerian girls and women being used in suicide-bombing attacks was increasing at an alarming rate. In a statement issued on […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, United Nations
Friday, April 24th, 2015
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | April 24, 2015 – In 1948, the World Health Organisation, WHO, held its first World Health Assembly where it was decided that 7th April of every year would mark the celebration of World Health Day, WHD. Since then the date has been set aside to mark WHD globally. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, United Nations
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
The exodus of Nigerians fleeing from Boko Haram attacks in the North-East of the country continues amid an influx of another 16,000 refugees into neighbouring Cameroon, the United Nations refugee agency has said. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the latest movements are expected to bring the total of Nigerian refugees in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, United Nations
Friday, January 23rd, 2015
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has told the British Broadcasting Corporation on Friday that Nigeria does not need the assistance of the United Nations and even the African Union to tackle the Boko Haram terrorist group. The NSA said Nigeria and its neighbours were in a “good shape” […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, United Nations
Saturday, November 8th, 2014
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said it is concerned about the growing insecurity at the border areas between Nigeria and Cameroon, where thousands of Nigerian refugees fleeing Boko Haram attacks have sought refuge. The insurgents have in recent times launched repeated cross-border attacks from Nigerian border towns into northern Cameroon, hindering the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, United Nations
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
The UN on Tuesday warned Spain over plans to instantly deport migrants who clamber over the border fence into its north African territories, saying Madrid could end up breaking international law. “UNHCR is concerned over a proposal by Spain to legalise automatic returns of people trying to cross border fences into its enclaves of Ceuta […]
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Headlines, State News, United Nations, Zamfara
Saturday, October 25th, 2014
The United Nations International Children Fund, Kaduna field office, has commended the efforts of Zamfara Government in its fight against poliomyelitis. UNICEF Communications Officer, Alhaji Rabiu Musa, at an occasion to mark this year’s World Polio Day in the state, described the measures put in place by the state government as “remarkable and worthy of […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, United Nations
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
• ‘Nigeria records 60,858 violent deaths in eight years’ DETERMINED to tackle insurgency in Nigeria, the United Nations (UN) Thursday disclosed that it had adopted a new strategy that would assist the Federal Government in curbing the Boko Haram whose activities have claimed several lives. In a related development, a report by the […]
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Headlines, United Nations
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon | credits: File copy UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced that the United Nations is recognizing the gay marriages of all its staff. Previously, the United Nations only recognized the unions of staffers who came from countries where gay marriage is legal, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Monday. […]
