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Tayo Olanipekun With Agency Reports UN Special Rapporteur, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, will assess the issue of trafficking in persons in Nigeria during an official visit to the country from 3-10 September. “My visit is an opportunity to meet with relevant stakeholders to discuss various forms and manifestations of trafficking in persons and key human rights concerns and challenges, as well …

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Dayo Emmanuel The United Nations is revamping its action plan to address the root causes of the complex crisis in Africa’s Sahel region, in particular outlining a development vision for the region through a prospective socio-economic study by its agencies led by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The initiative is being carried out as complex national and cross-border security …

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**Donates 100 Robots To Schools Tayo Olanekun The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria, in collaboration with a U.S.-based robotics education academy, RoboRave International, commenced, toady, a week-long robotics workshop for Nigerian students and their teachers. A total of 460 elementary, secondary, and university students, STEM teachers, robotics enthusiasts, and scientists will undergo the training, which started at the American …

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On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted by former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg, inaugurated its first Global Business Forum with an astounding line up of global innovators, including Africa’s richest man, Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote. Following talks by former US president Bill Clinton, French president Emmanuel Macron, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Alibaba …

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To improve security situation in Nigeria, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to approve a yearly recruitment of 31,000 policemen for the next five years. This he said would enable Nigeria meet the United Nation’s (UN) requirement numbers on policing in every nation. Choose your game from 5 reels, 25 reels, or Online …

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Photo Caption: Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs Bolanle Ambode (2nd right); rep. of Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Funlola Odunlami, SG/PS Ministry of Justice (3rd right); chairman of the occasion, Justice Ayotunde Philips Rtd. (3rd left); Officer United Nation Info. Centre, Lagos, Mr. Oluseyi Soremekun (2nd left); Dir. Citizens’ Mediation Centre, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Odusanya (L); and Aladeshoyin of Noforija, Oba …

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With the North Korean nuclear crisis looming large, 51 countries on Wednesday were to sign a new treaty outlawing nuclear weapons that has been fiercely opposed by the United States and other nuclear powers. The treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons was adopted by 122 countries at the United Nations in July following negotiations led by Austria, Brazil, Mexico, …

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Nigeria and the United Nations (UN) on Thursday signed a five-year Sustainable Development Partnership Framework (UNSDPF) (2018-2022) which is a successor programme to the current United Nations Development Assistance Framework III (UNDAF III) (2014-2017) in Nigeria. The signing ceremony, which was done in Abuja, was the result of the joint effort between the United Nations, the Government of Nigeria and …

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Devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan had left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes by the end of 2016, the UN said Monday. That number marks a jump of just 300,000 from the end of 2015, but is more than six million higher than at the end of 2014, according to …

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Nigeria’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN Office and Other International Organisations in Geneva, Amb. Audu Kadiri, has sought the assistance of the UN towards expeditious return of the country’s stolen assets stashed abroad. Spokesperson in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Clement Aduku, on Tuesday in a statement said Kadiri made the call when he presented his credentials to the Director-General of the …

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