Tag: UN
Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed appointed UN deputy sec-gen
Incoming United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday appointed Nigeria's Environment Minister, Amina Mohammed, as his deputy secretary-general amid a push by more than...
Elumelu, US commerce secretary toast to Africa
Africa’s leading Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA), recently hosted a cocktail reception for US and African business leaders at the Essex...
Help us rescue Chibok girls, Buhari tells UN
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said he would be open to U.N. bodies coming in to act as intermediaries in any talks with Boko...
UN security expert, Ibrahim Idris, appointed acting inspector-general of police
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, as the Acting Inspector-General of Police.
Today I appointed Mr...
FIFA appoints first female secretary general
World football governing body, FIFA, has appointed Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura as its first female secretary general.
She succeeds Jerome Valcke who was banned from...
Children dying among detained Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria – Amnesty...
Babies and children are among more than 100 people to have died in detention this year in a military barracks in northeast Nigeria where...
Happy people: Nigeria drops to 103 in world, 6th in Africa
Once ranked the happiest country on earth, Nigeria now occupies the 103rd position in the world and sixth in Africa in the World Happiness...
Boko Haram: Do more for kidnap victims, UN tells Nigeria
UN human rights experts on Friday urged Nigeria to increase its efforts to help women and children after they have been freed from captivity...
2015 may become hottest year on record – UN
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on Wednesday in Geneva said that year 2015 would likely become the hottest year since the pre-industrial era.
WMO in...
Jonathan leads 33-nation election observers in Tanzania
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has been named to lead a 33-nation observer mission to the Sunday, October 25 general elections to be held in...