Anti-trafficking policies: United Nations rate Edo state high
By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City The United Nations yesterday in Benin City revealed that 70 percent of trafficked persons globally are women and children just as it rated Edo state high on its fight against human trafficking and illegal migration in the state. United Nations Women Country Representative to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West […]
Nigeria pays $5.08m UN dues
Nigeria has paid its regular UN dues for 2018, making it the 74th out of the 193 member states of the global international organisation to fulfill its financial obligations.
Canada to send peacekeepers to Mali: official
Canadian peacekeepers backed by helicopters will join UN Blue Helmets in the troubled west African nation of Mali before autumn, a government source said on Friday.
UN donates $9m to provide life saving aids to 60,000 persons
The United Nations, through the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, has allocated US$9 million to provide life-saving aid to some 60,000 children, women and men recently displaced by ongoing hostilities in Borno State, including $2 million in support of the UN Humanitarian Air Service for frontline responders in north-east Nigeria.
UN raises concerns at continued suspension of 3 TV stations in Kenya
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said it was concerned that three television stations remained suspended for the third day on Friday in Kenya.
Female Devt: UN Women seeks partnership
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) has called for partnership among government, private sector and civil society organisations to positively transform the lives of women and girls in Nigeria through the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal-5 (SDGs).
