Tag: UN

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Janeth JSeptember 28, 2015

President Buhari meets with President of Korea (PHOTOS)

President Muhammadu Buhari had a meeting with Korea’s president, Park Geun-hye, on Sunday. The meeting, which also had in attendance ...

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Kolapo OlapojuSeptember 26, 2015

Read full text of President Buhari’s address to the UN General Assembly

Below is the full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, September 25. ...

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Janeth JAugust 25, 2015

Osinbajo meets Ban Ki Moon in Abuja (PHOTOS)

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and some religious leaders had a special session with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on ...

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Janeth JMay 25, 2015

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Buhari needs prayers, Obasanjo is pessimestic, PDP is angry, more stories

Kashamu was known as ‘God’ during drug trafficking days. YNaija Obasanjo thinks Buhari can’t transform Nigeria in 8 years. Vanguard ...

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Janeth JApril 1, 2015

Ban Ki-Moon congratulates Buhari on election victory

by Ranti Joseph UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon has congratulated President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general ...

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Janeth JFebruary 12, 2015

UN, EU, others tell FG to respect the Constitution

by Ranti Joseph The United Nations, the European Union and the African Union, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government and ...

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Isime EseneNovember 3, 2014

Hello, Lagos! The Future Awards Africa holds on 7 December, launches campaign for 1million young Africans to fight Ebola

by Isi Esene The Central Working Committee (CWC) of Africa’s biggest youth event, The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has announced ...

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January 14, 2014

United Nations endorses GenVoices: This “has a possibility to have a positive and defining impact on the rest of Africa”

by Oge Okonkwo Ahead of its historic Telethon, The United Nations has endorsed Generational Voices (GenVoices), the project-driven platform to ...

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September 22, 2013

“SaharaReporters must have been counting tourists”: Presidency denies reports that Jonathan travelled with 600-man delegation

by Isi Esene The Presidency has denied reports that the President Goodluck Jonathan, who is in New York to attend ...

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July 17, 2013

Why the Sudanese President wasn’t arrested in Nigeria – FG

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday explained why Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was not arrested in Nigeria. It said by ...

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May 18, 2013

Boko Haram militants may be tried for war crimes – UN

No fewer than 50 Boko Haram militants and three soldiers died in separate battles between the insurgents and security agents ...

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January 3, 2013

Nigeria’s N600 million debt at the UN ‘threatens’ our status and influence with the global body

Nigeria is owing the United Nations (UN) a grand total assessed contribution of $3,847,723 (about N600 billion). Seen as debts ...

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December 7, 2012

Cool factor for the United Nations: Set to launch mPowering mobile platform, Timbaland & others to perform

by Isi Esene Two thousand young people representing over 126 nations join forces with global artists, non-profits, corporate and government ...

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November 3, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Say hello to Beauty and the B… aba Iyabo

by Hauwa Gambo It’s impossible for us to have seen President Olusegun Obasanjo – the same one who is butt ...

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October 26, 2012

Elnathan John: How to run a Nigerian NGO

by Elnathan John Do one of two things: One, give your NGO a broad name that can cover two or ...

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September 24, 2012

Religion against humanity by Wole Soyinka

  To such a degree has Religion fueled conflict, complicated politics, retarded social development and impaired human relations across the ...

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August 2, 2012

Syria Crisis: Kofi Annan resigns as international mediator

by Adeniyi Abdul Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has decided to step down as the U.N.-Arab League mediator in ...

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April 11, 2012

She’s unstoppable: Okonjo-Iweala gets UN appointment

by Lekan Olanrewaju She may not have the World Bank top job yet, but Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has no reason to fret, ...

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April 3, 2012

UN Report: 10,500 Nigerians sought asylum in 2011

by Lekan Olanrewaju According to a new report released by the UN refugee agency, about 10,500 Nigerians last year sought asylum ...

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March 25, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Goldie, Sound Sultan and Weird MC appointed UN Peace Ambassadors

by Lekan Olanrewaju Nigerian Musicians Sound Sultan, Goldie and Weird MC have been endorsed by the United Nations as Peace Ambassadors. ...

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February 7, 2012

A peep into the UN Youth Employment Report: Youth perspectives on the pursuit of decent work in changing times

By Rachel Ogbu Summary of the news from UN World Youth Report The report reveals that young people are worried ...

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OluwapelumiOctober 26, 2011

All hands on deck! Organisation seeks collective effort on combating HIV

Wilfred Okiche The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is launching CrowdOutAIDS.org, an online collaborative project to crowdsource its ...

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OluwapelumiAugust 12, 2011

One Youth, One Voice – Celebrate the 11th annual International Youth Day!

by Wilfred Okiche Today is the International Youth Day, a day mapped out by the international community to celebrate the ...

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