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39 countries form Alliance for Poverty Eradication

The UN General Assembly has inaugurated the Alliance for Poverty Eradication, aimed at galvanising multilateral and bilateral efforts. The Alliance was the focus of a high-level virtual...
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Shell employees launch N82m free feeding programme at isolation centres

Employees of Shell companies in Nigeria have launched free feeding programme in COVID-19 isolation centres in seven states under the Shell Employee Care Programme,...
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ILO records universal ratification on Child Labour Convention

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) says all its 187 member States have ratified the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999...
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Nigeria, UN, others launch projects to fight trafficking in persons

On the eve of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Organisation for...
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How COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting world population

There are clear evidences to prove that the global health emergency otherwise called COVID-19 has impacted negatively on world population. Typical of a pandemic, it...
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Global groups call for right to a healthy planet

Over 100 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the United Nations to add a new article to the Universal Declaration of Human...
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Human Welfare

Group seeks inclusion of Persons with Special Needs in the implementation of SDGs

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative, is advocating for the inclusion of People with Special Needs (PWSNs) in...
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Human Welfare

World population by 2100 may be 2bn less than UN’s estimates – Study

A group of scientists says the number of people will peak in 2064 and drop to about 8.8 billion by 2100, which is two...
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