Human Welfare

UNDP to deliver school, houses, shops to Borno IDPs

The UN Development Programme (UNDP), Country Director, Samuel Bwalya, says the agency will donate houses, school and health centre to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)...

Addressing humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) says more than 8.5 million persons are in dire need of life-saving support due...

Global summit highlights solutions to end violence against children

Globally, up to one billion children aged 2-17 years – or one in two children – have suffered physical, sexual or emotional violence or...

$1.06b UN scheme to help fragile countries create ‘firewall against famine’

Ongoing conflicts and climate-related shocks have left millions of people on the brink of starvation, the United Nations agriculture agency warned on Thursday, February...

UN unveils 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan for northeast

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Nigeria on Thursday, February 8, 2018 unveiled the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan to support...

World failing to stop war on children, says UNICEF

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has described January as “a dark month” in crisis-torn Middle East and North Africa. UNICEF also said the violence has...

Boko Haram: Over 300,000 displaced Nigerians taking refuge in neighbouring countries

The Minster of State, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmad, on Monday, February 5, 2018 said no fewer than 300,000 Nigerians displaced by...

Millions of children in crisis zones face ‘bleak future,’ UN warns

Children are the most vulnerable when conflict or disaster causes the collapse of essential services such as healthcare and unless the international community takes...

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Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, says the country has intensified efforts to...
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Dangote engages World Bank, IMF, US EXIM chiefs on investment drive

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with global financial leaders on...

Cobalt mining in Congo: Dirty truth behind ‘clean’ electric cars

Electric cars are sold as clean. But, in southern Congo, communities near the Tenke Fungurume mine are breathing toxic...

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Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC),...

Dangote engages World Bank, IMF, US EXIM chiefs on investment drive

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, held a...
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