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Latest Politics, United Nations
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
BY Emma Elebeke A United Nations e-Government Survey for 2012, says Nigeria has dropped in e-government global development index. According to the report, Nigeria dropped from 0.2687 in 2010 to 0.2676 in 2012, which indicates a decrease in the level of the acceptance by both government and private individuals in the country. The report, which […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories, United Nations
Tuesday, July 16th, 2013

NIGERIA may be sanctioned by the United Nations for the visit of the Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, to the country The International Criminal Court, The Hague, said on Tuesday, that it might report Nigeria to the UN Security Council for possible sanction over its failure to arrest al-Bashir, during his visit to the country. This […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP Columnists, United Nations
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

By Prof. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai | NNP | July 3, 2013 – The exponential spread of both domestic and international terrorism has inevitably has made it imperative to curb certain democratic rights in civil societies around the world. I hereby call on the Members of the Security Council to resolve unequivocally to restore the position […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, United Nations
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
No fewer than 50 Boko Haram militants and three soldiers died in separate battles between the insurgents and security agents between Thursday night and Friday. Saturday PUNCH learnt that the insurgents engaged JTF troops for several hours in a tough battle in terrorist camps located in Sambisa Game Reserve, about 70 kilometres south of the […]
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Headlines, United Nations
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Federal Government on Tuesday arraigned four persons suspected to have masterminded the bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters in Abuja The suspects, Salisu Mohammed, Inusa Mukailu, Danzumi Haruna and Abdulsalami Adamu, were arraigned before an Abuja Federal High Court on four counts of terrorism. They were accused of conspiring with others at large, on […]
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House, Legislature, United Nations
Sunday, December 9th, 2012
By Ayodele Babalola Deputy Chairman House Committee on Human Rights, Hon Rotimi Makinde has said that Federal House of Reps would do everything within its legislative capacity to ensure that the rights of every minority groups in Nigeria are protected under the law; even as he called for equity, fairness and justice, affirming that only […]
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Latest Politics, United Nations
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
By Ben Agande Abuja — The Federal Executive Council, FEC, chaired by the Vice President Namadi Sambo, yesterday, approved contracts worth N199.19 billion in various sectors of the economy. Of this amount, road construction and rehabilitation across different geo-political zones of the country took the lion share of N176.13 billion while the construction of terminal […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, United Nations
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
The World Bank has said there is no reliable data with which to correctly measure the decline or increase in Nigeria’s poverty rate. In a video press conference to mark the release of Africa’s Pulse, an analysis of issues shaping the continent’s economic future, the World Bank’s Chief Economist for the African region, Mr. Shanta […]
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Africa & World Politics, African Union (AU), ECOWAS, Latest Politics, United Nations
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
ENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday warned that regional troops would definitely intervene in the occupied area if negotiations with extremists in Mali failed to yield a solution. This came days after Mali’s new Foreign Minister Tieman Coulibaly said that winning back the Islamist-occupied north was the top priority of a unity government which was formed on […]
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Africa & World Politics, United Nations
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
The UN Genocide Tribunal in Rwanda has sworn in nine judges selected to deal with war crimes committed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a statement said. The statement, made available at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday, gave the names of the judges as Florence Arrey, Solomy Bossa, Vagn Joensen, Gberdao Kam, […]