The United Nations has urged the Nigerian government to abolish the death penalty. Currently, Nigeria’s correctional centres have 3,413 inmates on death row, Abubakar Umar, spokesperson...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina and 21 other leaders to spearhead the fight against malnutrition in all its forms as members of...
UN Member States have adopted a resolution making Nov. 18 as the World Day for Prevention of, and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence....
Ms Catherine Namakula, Chair, Working Group on People of African descent has appealed to the relevant stakeholders to desist from portraying African children in undignified circumstances....
The UN has expressed concern over the flooding in Nigeria, which has impacted the lives of more than 2.8 million men, women and children. UN Spokesman...
By Amina Aminu UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says refugee health challenges remain high amid COVID-19 with malaria the single most common cause of illness...
UN counter-terrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov has warned that terrorists are becoming increasingly innovative in a world shaken by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in spite of “significant progress” in...
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said the global economy could lose four trillion dollars due to the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on international...
Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016. This is according to estimates by the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
The UN says vaccine inequality between countries and regions is posing a significant risk to an already uneven and fragile global economic recovery. The UN economic...