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Humanitarian workers need access to people who have been taken to Russia amid that country’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Human Rights Council has said. It cited allegations that some have been forced across the…

U.N. human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday said at least 102 civilians in Ukraine have been killed since Russia launched its invasion. Bachelet said further 304 people are injured, but the real figure was feared to be…

UN Secretary General, António Guterres has announced that the UN will launch an appeal to fund its humanitarian operations in Ukraine amid reports on Saturday of casualties and people fleeing their homes to seek safety as Russian military…

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has assured the international community of Nigeria’s preparedness and determination to go after the assets of drug barons. This he said also…

Two decades after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York, U.S, terror networks – Al-Qaida and Islamic State – continue to pose a grave threat to peace and security globally, a top UN counter-terrorism expert has said. UN…

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres says the organisation has established a task force in collaboration with other aid organisations to address food insecurity in Northern Nigeria. Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN…

The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to partner with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) to empower 20 million Nigerian youths by 2030. The initiative tagged: “Generation Unlimited” and set to be inaugurated on Monday in Abuja,…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned, in the strongest terms, the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse of the Republic of Haiti. In a statement by Guterres spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric on Wednesday, the…

The United Nations says COVID-19 has magnified the challenges of making the world meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as between 119 to 124 million people have been pushed back into poverty and chronic hunger. SDGs Report 2021,…

Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, multiple sources told…

Top officials of the United Nations have decried prejudice against Islam or Muslims, in general. The officials, including Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, spoke on Wednesday during a high-level virtual event to commemorate this year’s…

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned Wednesday’s deadly attack by gunmen on the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger. No fewer than 27 were kidnapped in the night raid on the boarding school, reports say.…

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Amina Mohammed, has advised Nigeria leaders to see young people as an asset, if they want peaceful retirement. Amina Mohammed gave the advice during her visit to the Nigeria…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari's nine-point agenda for development of Nigeria itemised during a meeting with the Ambassadors of Algeria, Vietnam, Tanzania, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad, among others.…