LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-The African Policy and Research Consortium (APRC) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to nominate former President Goodluck Jonathan for the position of United Nations Secretary-General. In a statement on Thursday, the convener of APRC, Prof. Edward Agbai, said Jonathan possessed the leadership experience, diplomatic skills and democratic credentials required to…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The United Nations humanitarian agency is struggling to secure funding to combat severe food insecurity in Nigeria’s insurgency-hit northeast, raising fears of mass hunger and deaths, its resident coordinator warned. In April, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) launched a $306 million appeal alongside Nigeria on behalf…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu-led federal government has threatened to sue the United Nations (UN) over the allegations bordering on financial mismanagement. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, the Minister for Women’s Affairs, made the allegation at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, October 16. The Tinubu’s minister alleged that the United Nations has been receiving monies…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The crisis in Niger, whose president was overthrown on July 26, is amplifying risks for millions of vulnerable youngsters, the UN’s children’s fund said. “The current situation is of great concern and adds a heavy burden to an already dire humanitarian landscape,” UNICEF’s Niger representative, Stefano Savi, said in a statement. “At…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina and 21 other leaders to spearhead the fight against malnutrition in all its forms as members of the (SUN) Movement Scaling Up Nutrition and Lead Group. Mr Adesina, who is currently the President of the African Development Bank was appointed together with two Nigerians…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-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…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The UN mission in Mali has suspended all but medical evacuation flights in the war-torn country pending negotiations with Malian authorities, a United Nations spokesman said Monday. The move follows the implementation of new procedures that coincide with operations with the Malian army, a source close to the MINUSMA mission told AFP…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations on Wednesday warned that public and private actors are intervening against online content in ways that curtail rights and muzzle criticism. “You see a digital world that is unwelcoming and frequently unsafe for people trying to exercise their rights,” said Peggy Hicks of the UN Rights Office in Geneva….
