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The new Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Representative to Nigeria and to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mr Fred Kafeero has presented his letters of credence to the Government of…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has sought the assistance of the United Nations on the repatriation of looted funds back to Nigeria. Lawan made the appeal on Wednesday when the United Nations Country delegation paid a visit to his…

China’s Coronavirus could be available in 18 months, “so we have to do everything today using available weapons,” World Health Organisation (WHO), Chief Tedros Ghebreyesus, said in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday. He said the virus had…

No fewer than 300 scientists from across Nigeria would converge at University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, to brainstorm on the right path for Nigeria to attain the much-touted five Sustainable Development Goals by the year 2030 as stipulated…

The United States told the United Nations on Wednesday that the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani last week was self-defense and vowed to take additional action “as necessary” in the Middle East to protect US personnel and…

More facts have emerged on why Nigeria lost by a single vote to Kenya in the just concluded International Maritime Organization (IMO) elections held in London, the United Kingdom over the weekend. According to the Director-General of…

Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation, a UN official has warned. More than 60 percent of the country's 14 million people are considered food-insecure, according to the findings. Hyperinflation, poverty, natural disasters,…

President of the General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, says the United Nations must continue to insist on the protection of the freedom of expression and association around the world. Muhammad-Bande stated this at an…

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has expressed concern over the conditions of more than 40,000 displaced persons affected by flood in Rann, Kalabalge Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno. In a…

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, again reiterated the nation’s resolve to stand firm in the face of any act of terrorism. The President, who restated the resolve at the commissioning of the rebuilt United Nations (UN) House and…