Tag: UN
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Only 50% of under 5 children registered at birth in Nigeria – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says only 50 per cent of children under five years in Nigeria have been registered at birth. A report released by the UNICEF, reveals that children in Africa have the lowest birth registration rate globally, with Nigeria accounting for 11 per cent of the rate in West Africa. According…
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Why UN must bar Yoruba Nation agitators – YAF
The Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has urged the UN not to allow the Yoruba Nation agitators to present their petition at its 76th General Assembly. In a statement by its National Coordinator, Chief Adesina Animashaun, on Tuesday in Lagos, YAF said allowing them would escalate insecurity and tension in Nigeria. The 76th session of the…
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UN, FAO raise alarm: Food insecurity looms in Northern Nigeria
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Global Environment Facility (GEF) said the United Nations (UN) – Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) had warned that people in northern Nigeria are at risk of acute food insecurity. The UN-FAO projected that an estimated 13 million people in the area face the risk of acute food insecurity…
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COVID-19 pushes 124 million people back to poverty, chronic hunger – UN report
The United Nations, UN 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, launched on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York, showed the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic…
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SERAP drags FG, Kogi Govt to UN over ‘arbitrary detention of activists Larry and Victor’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent “an urgent complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of activists Larry Emmanuel and Victor Anene Udoka simply for peacefully exercising their right to protest in Kogi state.” SERAP said: “The arrest and continued detention of Larry Emmanuel…
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BREAKING: Boko Haram forces UN to suspend humanitarian work in Damasak, Dikwa
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Nigeria (UNOCHA) said it is putting on hold operations in Dikwa and Damasak in Borno State. Edward Kallon, UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria disclosed this in a statement made available to TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) on Sunday. According to Kallon, the decision is due…
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UN suspends operations in Dikwa, Damasak over Boko Haram’s continuous onslaught
Following continuous attacks on some of its assets and staff by Boko Haram insurgents, the United Nations has suspended humanitarian operations in Dikwa and Damasak in Borno. UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, announced this in a statement titled ‘Statement on UN operations in North-East Nigeria’ last night. He said: “I am deeply…
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Portugal nominates UN Secretary General, Guterres for second term
The Portuguese government has officially nominated UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a candidate for a second term in office. UN spokesman, Mr Stephane Dujarric, disclosed this at his daily news briefing in New York on Wednesday. He said the nomination came in a letter addressed to the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Security…
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How eating less meat can help reduce risk of pandemic
Eating less meat can help reduce the risk of a pandemic, in addition to saving the environment, the UN Environment Programme said on Wednesday. The programme said this while announcing a new Chatham House report. “At a time when so much of the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s never been more obvious…
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Nigeria opposes UN move to make cannabis non-dangerous drug
Nigeria joined China, Egypt and 22 other countries in voting against a UN move to remove cannabis from a list of the world’s most tightly controlled and dangerous drugs. But the opposition was useless, as the move narrowly passed on Wednesday night. Weed was previously on Schedule IV of the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs’…