AdminJun 20, 20174 min readSERAP drags FG, Queens College to UN over plight of studentsThe Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the federal government and the management of Queens College,...
AdminMay 20, 20172 min readUN hails Nigeria’s Countering TerrorismUN agency on counter-terrorism has praised Nigeria for its stand against terrorism and described the country as active member and...
AdminMay 12, 20172 min readNigeria appointed Acting President UN General AssemblyNigeria was on Thursday appointed as the Acting President to preside over the 81st Plenary Meeting of UN General Assembly at the UN...
AdminApr 19, 20172 min readNigeria wins right to host UN event in 2018Nigeria on Wednesday won the right to host, in 2018, the 61st meeting of African Ministers in charge of Tourism, tagged the UN World...
AdminApr 18, 20172 min readNigerian UN employee and ex-NAN reporter nabbed for robbing US banksA United Nations employee was arrested for robbing four Manhattan banks, all during his lunch hour, New York Police said. Abdullahi...
AdminApr 2, 20171 min readBoko Haram: UN calls for cooperation between Army divisionsUnited Nations Civil – Military Coordinators led by Maj Gen Moses Bisong Obi (Rtd) have called for closer cooperation between 8 Task...
AdminMar 30, 20172 min read128 die in sea trying to enter Europe – UNThe International Organisation on Migration has disclosed that 128 migrants, comprising Nigerians and other West Africans, died while...
AdminMar 22, 20172 min readUN report: Nigeria’s human development index low, ranks 152 out of 188The United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday released its 2016 Human Development Reports. It showed that Nigeria’s Human...
AdminMar 6, 20171 min readBoko Haram: UN Security Council seeks More support for IDPs in BornoThe United Nations Security Council has appealed to humanitarian agencies in Born state to do more in areas of assistance, particularly...
AdminFeb 22, 20172 min readBoko Haram has recruited 2,000 child soldiers – UNThe United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Boko Haram recruited about 2,000 children in 2016 as child soldiers. UNICEF Executive...
AdminFeb 18, 20172 min readUN condemns Boko Haram attacks in BornoThe UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) has condemned the attacks on Maiduguri by suspected female suicide...
AdminJan 23, 20171 min readIPOB: Nnamdi Kanu to drag Buhari, security agencies to UN, ICCLeader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has threatened to drag the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to the...
AdminJan 20, 20173 min readArrest of Journalists: SERAP, NUJ drag FG, others to UN over ‘crackdown’Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) have sent an urgent appeal to Mr....
AdminJan 20, 20171 min readYahya Jammeh: 45,000 people have fled Gambia – UNThe United Nations on Friday disclosed that more than 45,000 people have fled The Gambia this month. Tension has remained high in the...
AdminJan 11, 20173 min readWe are investigating attacks, killings in Southern Kaduna – UNThe United Nations says it is currently investigating the alleged killings of over 800 people, mostly women and children in Southern...
AdminDec 30, 20163 min readSouthern Kaduna killings: SERAP drags FG to UNSocio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Ms. Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial,...
AdminDec 23, 20162 min readUN warns against ‘unacceptable’ water, sanitation crisis in LagosUnited Nations human rights expert, Léo Heller, on Thursday, called for increased funding for water and sanitation in the 2017 budget to...
AdminDec 21, 20161 min readUN distributes 22,000 condoms in CalabarThe United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, has distributed 22,224 condoms during its “Wise Up Cross River” campaign at Calabar Christmas...
AdminDec 18, 20163 min readMagu’s rejection: SERAP petitions UN, says Senate’s action politically motivatedThe Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has petitioned the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur, Michel Forst, over...
AdminDec 16, 20161 min readAmina Mohammed confirmed as UN Deputy Secretary-GeneralNigeria’s Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed has been confirmed as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. The...
