Human Welfare

Lake Chad: Dambazau solicits stakeholders’ support on humanitarian crisis

Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd), on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 solicited support of international donors and other stakeholders in alleviating humanitarian crisis...

UN seeks protection of 7.5m displaced in Lake Chad region

The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has called for urgent protection and humanitarian solutions for over seven million displaced persons across the Lake Chad Basin...

UNHCR seeks protection of IDPs in Lake Chad region as insecurity heightens

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called for increased protection of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Lake Chad Region following heightened insecurity in...

Forum on Lake Chad to develop comprehensive solutions framework

The Ministry of Interior says the upcoming Second Regional Protection Dialogue on Lake Chad Basin will develop a framework for comprehensive solutions to tackle refugees’ challenges...

Indigenous Peoples testify on intergenerational health impacts of hazardous substances

An Expert Group (EGM) meeting was held from January 19 to 20, 2019 at the Centro Cultural de España in Mexico City, Mexico, to...

Finland ranks first in the Good Country Index

Finland ranked first in the Good Country Index published on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, Ambassador of Finland to Nigeria, Dr Jyrki Pulkkinen, said in a statement...

UNICEF urges governments to place priority on children of the poor

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 urged government at all levels to pay more attention to children in poor communities in...

Government urged to empower Niger Delta youths

The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) on Thursday, December 17, 2019 in Abuja called on the Federal Government to empower youths in the...

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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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