Tag: UN
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Only tough decisions can stop spread of COVID-19 in Africa – UN
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday African countries needed to take difficult decisions to stop the coronavirus pandemic in the continent. Guterres stated this in an article titled, “Global Solidarity with Africa is an Imperative”, published on the UN news website. “Many difficult decisions will need to be taken as the pandemic unfolds,…
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COVID-19: Over 25 million Nigerians risk infection; over 900k deaths projected
Except for the flattening of the epicurve of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria, given the frequency of new cases in the country, over 25 million people are at risk of contracting the dreadful virus, with about 900 thousand among those infected projected to die from the disease. As the COVID-19 continues the rapid spread across…
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COVID-19: UN sounds alarm of global hunger
The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances and travel and other restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic are expected to leave some…
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COVID-19: FG receives medical equipment from UN
The Federal Government has taken delivery of the various medical equipment donated by the UN to aid Nigeria’s efforts at combating coronavirus scourge in the country. Mr James Odaudu Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation who made this known in a statement issued in Abuja, said the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika took delivery…
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UN quality COVID-19 humanitarian aid is Americans’ generosity -Secretary Pompeo
By Dayo Benson Editor Politics, Law&Human Rights New York United States has described the high quality COVID-19 aid being delivered around the world by the United Nations, UN,humanitarian and relief agencies as the generosity ofAmerican people. This revelation came as the U.S. and other countries around the globe continue to combat the contagious…
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COVID-19: UN launches emergency response in North East, IDPs camps
The United Nations (UN) has announced plans to begin an emergency response in the North East region of Nigeria to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the region. A statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, quoted Mr Edward Kallon, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria as saying that the displaced persons had already suffered…
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TNG Analysis: Buhari indicts own government in Ethiopia
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday obviously indicted his own government at the High Level Breakfast Dialogue on “Stop the War on Children Affected by Armed Conflicts, Dividend of Silencing the Guns”, a side event during the 33rd AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Speaking on the occasion, according to a statement released by Garba Shehu,…
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UN condemns killings of 4 aid workers in Borno
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, has condemned the killing of four aid workers by armed groups in Borno. Eve Sabbagh, the Head of Public Information, UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), stated this in a statement on Saturday in Maiduguri. Kallon said the UN agency was sad by the…
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We’re living in hottest decade on record – UN
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said that the current decade is on track to be the hottest on record. Taalas made the remark on Tuesday at the UN climate summit in Madrid. He said: “We are nowhere near on track to meet the Paris Agreement target. If we do not take…
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Kachi Benson’s ‘Daughter of Chibok’ takes campaign to UN
Filmmaker, Kachi Benson and central character of ‘Daughter of Chibok’, Yana Galang, have completed an advocacy tour at the United Nations. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the film is a story of the April 2014, abduction of 276 female students from Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. Following government negotiations with…