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Release Kanu now, says UN

…Cites denial of fundamental human rights   Reprieve may have come the way of the embattled leader of the self-determination group, the Indigenous People of...

Africa Social Impact Summit:UN commends Sterling One Foundation

  The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Nigeria Mr. Matthias Schmale, has commended the Sterling One Foundation for creating a summit to...

UN agency stress need for Nigeria to mobilize for peace and democracy

  The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF,has...

UN General Assembly votes to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council

  The UN General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council in response to Russian forces’ alleged killings of civilians in Ukraine. The...

UN calls for stronger media partnership to achieve SDGs goals

  ..Wants factual based reporting The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has called for a stronger partnership with...

Remove barriers to women participation in public life,

UN Women calls on Nigeria The United Nations has called on Nigeria to demonstrate it’s leadership role in Africa by adopting constitutional and other related laws...

Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed re-appointed UN Deputy Secretary-General

  Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed will continue in her role as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, made the...

Akpabio canvasses UN support for Africa on Malaria vaccines production

  Minister, Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has appealed to the United Nations (UN) to consider giving needed and necessary support in the production...

UN welcomes the submission of #EndSARS report

….. Urges government’s commitment to implementing judicial panel’s recommendations The United Nations in Nigeria has welcomed the submission on Monday, 15...

SERAP petitions UN over ‘vicious assault on Justice Mary Odili’

    Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr. Diego García-Sayán, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and...