114m people displaced by war, violence worldwide ―UN

UN refugee agency says no fewer than 114 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes by the end of September, due to conflict, persecution, and human rights violations. War in Ukraine and conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Myanmar, drought, floods, and insecurity in Somalia, as well as […]

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Tinubu jets out to US for 78th UN General Assembly

Presidential media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Sunday afternoon, announced that President Bola Tinubu has left Nigeria for the United States to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The event will be Tinubu’s first UNGA meeting since he assumed office as president in May. He is expected to hold bilateral meetings […]

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NADECO backs separatist agitators in Nigeria, tasks UN on referendum

As Nigeria marks her 62nd independence anniversary, the group that fought Abacha military junta to a standstill in the 90s, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has thrown its weight behind ethnic nationalities that have either declared their intentions to secede from Nigeria or vowed not to “participate in any purported elections under the disputed and […]

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UN orders Nigeria to unconditionally release, compensate Nnamdi Kanu, punish officials who violated his rights

The United Nations, UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, has indicted both Nigeria and Kenya Governments for the arrest and extraordinary rendition, torture and continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, without due process. UN therefore, asked Nigerian Government to, “immediate release Kanu unconditionally” […]

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Prof. Akintoye accuses Nigerian govt of paying black foreigners $500 each to protest against NINAS at the UN

Prof. Banji Akintoye, Chairman of Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), has accused the Nigerian Government of sponsoring a counter protest at the United Nations Headquaters on Friday, September 24. The emeritus Professor alleged that, to counter the “Million-Man Freedom March” which NINAS first staged on September 14 and 15, the Nigerian Government has […]

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NADECO writes UN, UK, US, EU, on looming civil war in Nigeria

Freedom group, National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has called for the intervention of the international community to prevent an eruption of hostilities in Nigeria. Pointing to present challenges of instability, insecurity, lack of cohesion and mutual distrust in the country that was similar to the time before the Civil War between 1967 and 1970, NADECO warned […]

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Gani Adams writes UN, AU, US, EU, others over murderous Fulani herdsmen in Yorubaland

Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams on Wednesday wrote a strong letter to the international community over the insecurity in the protracted killings across the Southwest region of Nigeria, seeking intervention to put an end to the killings and carnage in the region. The letter titled, URGENT NEED TO STOP KILLINGS BY FULANI […]

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No new nation called UNO State of Cameroon –UN, Nigeria say

An imminent UNO State of Cameroon is fiction, both Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Office in Nigeria said on Friday. A Nigerian newspaper had reported the imminent birth of a new African nation, sandwiched between Nigeria and Cameroon. According to the false report, the new country whose name is UNO State […]

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Poor Nigerians grow from 86 million to 98 million in a decade – UN

The 2019 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index has indicated that “multi dimensionally poor” Nigerians increased from 86 million to 98 million between 2007 and 2017. The report released in New York on Thursday by the United Nations Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative revealed that in Nigeria, even though the proportion of […]

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