Tag: UN
Presidency: Nigeria not snubbed in UN Human Rights Council election
The Presidency has debunked reports that Nigeria was snubbed in the 2024 United Nations Human Rights Council election.
The Special Adviser to the President on...
UN sacks 9 officials for 2023 attack on Israel
The United Nations (UN) says nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA have been sacked for their involvement in the October 7,...
37 die as Israel attacks UN school in Gaza
37 people have been killed after Israel attacked a UN-run school which the Israeli military said housed a "Hamas compound" in Gaza.
A hospital in...
Brig.-Gen. Esho bags UN appointment
A Nigerian Army officer, Brigadier General Gabriel Olufemi Esho, has been appointed as the Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the...
UN: 89,000 women, girls killed globally in 2022, Africa tops with...
The United Nations (UN) has disclosed that about 89,000 women and girls were killed across the globe in 2022.
According to the UN report released...
Ogoni leader drags FG, Rivers govt to UN over $300m fund
A former President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Legborsi Saro Pyagbara, has dragged the federal and Rivers State...
Tinubu exempts UN envoys, recalls Nigeria’s ambassadors
President Bola Tinubu has directed the recall of all career and non-career ambassadors from their duty posts worldwide.
Tinubu however exempted Nigeria's United Nations Permanent...
Remi Tinubu partners UN on women, children’s development
Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of President Bola Tinubu, has expressed her readiness to partner with the United Nations (UN) and its sister agencies to...
UN: Hunger affecting 4.3m people in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa
The United Nations (UN) says severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria's North-East.
The UN’s top humanitarian official in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, who...
UN: Russia killed 136 children in Ukraine in 2022
The United Nations (UN) has accused Russia of killing 136 children in 2022 during its war of aggression against Ukraine.
The UN made this known...
