110 and Not 43 Rice Farmers Were Killed in Borno, UN Reveals
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon has revealed that no less than 110 farm workers were slaughtered in their rice farms in Zabarmari community, Borno state on…
Students Abduction: Nigeria’s Future Under Threat – UN
The United Nations (UN) has called on the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to incessant attacks of schools and abduction of schoolchildren in Nigeria. The UN resident and…
UN Chief Warns China And United States to Avoid Another Cold War
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has warned of a possible new cold war between China and the United States, urging the two great powers to fix their "totally broken" relationship.…
Hope For Normalcy Growing in North-East – UN Envoy
UN regional director for Africa, Ahunna Eziakonwa, says normalcy is returning to Nigeria’s north-east. Speaking in Abuja on Friday, Eziaonwa said remarkable progress has been recorded in the region, courtesy of…
Buhari’s Government And DSS Are Torturing Nnamdi Kanu In Unimaginable Ways – IPOB Tells UN
The Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, have claimed that their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is being tortured in detention.On Wednesday, March 23, IPOB spokesperson Emma Powerful issued a statement alleging…
UN Urges FG to Raise Education Budget to 20%
The United Nations, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to increase its current budgetary allocation to the education sector from seven to 20 per cent for Sustainable Development Goal 4—universal,…
World Population Reaches 8 Billion – UN
On Tuesday, November 15 the world numbered eight billion people, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said in a statement. Guterres…
UN ‘Deeply Alarmed’ Over Deadly Plateau Attacks, Calls For Probe
The United Nation (UN) human rights chief said Thursday he was “deeply alarmed” by the string of attacks on villages in central Nigeria which left nearly 200 dead, according to…