Tag: United Nations
Nigeria’s rep to UN Muhammad-Bande bags award in US
Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has been conferred with the global leadership in international relations award by the International...
Blasphemy: UN rapporteurs demand release of atheist detained in Kano
Seven United Nations human rights experts have demanded the release of self-acclaimed atheist Mubarak Bala who has been detained without charge by the police...
Former United Nations rapporteur Joy Ezeilo buries husband
Former United Nations special rapporteur on trafficking in persons Prof. Joy Ezeilo on Friday buried her husband Ezenta Ezeilo.
The 72-year-old, who died on March...
Falana drags Uganda’s Museveni to UN over Bobi Wine’s detention
Following the detention of Uganda's head of opposition Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine by President Yoweri Museveni during the recent election, human rights lawyer...
Rahama Sadau calls on authorities to protect women against violence
Kannywood actress Rahama Sadau has called on the authorities to protect women against violence.
The 26-year-old said this in an Instagram post while recounting how...
DHQ counters United Nations on ‘110 farmers’ killed by Boko Haram
The Defence Headquarters has insisted that Boko Haram fighters killed 43 farmers on Saturday in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State and not...
Boko Haram murdered 110 in Borno — United Nations
The United Nations on Sunday said Boko Haram fighters killed at least 110 in Koshobe and other rural communities in Jere Local Government Area...
No helicopter was shot down in Borno – UN
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Nigeria (UNOCHA) has discredited reports suggesting a UN helicopter was shot down by...
Amina Mohammed blames #EndSARS protest on joblessness, coronavirus
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed says the #EndSARS protest which rocked Nigeria for several weeks in October was a fallout, like other protests...
Nigerian policewoman Catherine Ugorji nominated for UN peacekeeping award
A Nigerian policewoman Catherine Ugorji serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been selected for the prestigious UN...