Tag: United Nations
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Sense and nonsense in Nigeria voting against Russia – By Owei Lakemfa
The unfolding tragedy in the Ukraine’s war with Russia deserves the universal attention it is receiving. Where better to discuss it than the United Nations, UN? Where best in the UN than the Security Council which has all the powers of the world body, has teeth and can bite. But when the matter was discussed…
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Moscow offers ceasefire in Ukraine as talks continue
Russia is offering a fresh Ukraine ceasefire for Tuesday, Moscow’s Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said, amid efforts to get civilians to safety.
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U.S. fumes as Russia vetoes UN Security Council resolution on invasion of Ukraine
Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Friday that would have demanded Moscow immediately stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw all troops, a move several Council members said was deplorable, but inevitable.
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FG summon Russian, Ukrainian envoys
The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja summoned the Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexei Shebarshin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Kirdoda Valerii over the raging conflict between their countries and the need to evacuate Nigerians living there.
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Africa is ‘source of hope’ for the world – Antonio Guterres
Africa is ‘source of hope’ for the world
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Osinbajo arrives London for UN Energy Summit ( Photo)
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived in London, the United Kingdom to participate in today’s high-level United Nations Energy Transition in Africa event, with a special focus on Nigeria. Representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the programme, Osinbajo would feature in meetings by the UN-Energy ahead of the UN Climate Conference COP26 to be hosted by…
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UNICEF condemns brutal attack, abduction of schoolgirls in Zamfara
The United Nations Children Fund says it is angered and saddened by the abduction of over 300 schoolgirls in an overnight attack on the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe, Talata in the Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, North-West Nigeria. “We are angered and saddened and by yet another brutal attack on schoolchildren…
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Boko Haram killed 110 Nigerian farmers, not 43 in Borno – UN
The United Nations has said at least 110 farmers were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in the northeast. The figure nearly tripled the 43 farmers that were initially reported killed by the insurgents on Saturday. French newswire AFP cited UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria Edward Kallon as saying on Sunday afternoon that at least 110…
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UN at 75 holds lots of hope and hopelessness – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. The United Nations, UN, commenced activities marking its 75th Anniversary on Monday, September 21, buoyed with floods of mainly congratulatory speeches in a world drenched in increasing despair and cynicism. Its predecessor, the League of Nations had been born on June 28, 1919 under the Versailles Peace Treaty which ended World War…
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Western Sahara: When Nigerians hosted an African President
By Owei Lakemfa. State visits, are state visits. Usually drab affairs with polite speeches, handshakes and some reassurances. It is usually a state affair in which the people are rarely involved. Not so when President Brahim Ghali of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, SADR (Western Sahara) came calling mid- June. The notice of his visit…