The United Nations (UN) said Tuesday it is releasing $100 million in aid for seven countries that include Nigeria and Ethiopia to help them avoid famine because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ethiopia, where fighting has broken out between the central government and the northern Tigray region, will receive one-fifth of this money. The other recipients […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Federal Government has said that it welcomes the initiative by the United Nations, UN, in collaboration with some development partners to complement Nigeria’s COVID-19 economic recovery efforts under the Nigerian Economic Sustainability Plan, ESP. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who appreciated the UN gesture to mobilize $250 million to support […]

 The United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Ms. Amina Mohammed is billed to arrive Nigeria on Sunday on a working visit with other members of the global body.

Wealthy countries are falling short on a decade-old promise come due to ramp up climate finance for the developing world, according to a semi-official report released Friday. Even those numbers may be inflated, watchdog groups warned. The 2009 UN climate summit in Copenhagen mandated that poorer nations — historically blameless for global warming, but most […]

At least eight children were killed Saturday and a dozen wounded in an attack on a school in Kumba, southwestern Cameroon, the United Nations said. An initial report by a local official had given a death toll of four students. The eight children were shot or hacked to death with machetes, a statement issued by […]