Oby Ezekwesili, former Nigerian minister of Education has called on the United States government and the world at large to try their possible best to assist Nigeria to rescue the abducted Chibok girls. Speaking today at an event organized by the Public Affairs Section of the United States Consulate General in Lagos to commemorate this…
Jonathan Addresses Security Council on Terrorism
President Goodluck Jonathan has described the activities of terror groups sweeping across the world as unacceptable. In his remarks at a high level meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations, in New York, Wednesday, President Jonathan said Nigerians and indeed the peace – loving people of the world were horrified at the gruesome murder…
Ban Ki-moon Condemns Attack on Central African Church
Ban Ki-moon, United Nation’s Secretary General has condemned in strong terms, the attack on a Notre Dame de Fatima Catholic church in Bangui, the Central African Republic’s capital. Over eleven people, including the priest were killed on Wednesdaywhen gunmen suspected to be Muslims reportedly threw grenades and spurted the courtyard with bullets. Several other persons…
UN Appoints first female Peacekeeping Force Commander
Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General has named Kristin Lund, as the commander of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus, on May 13. The Norwegian commander, the first female to command a UN force, would take over the command with 930 soldiers and 66 police on August 13. Lund, 56, would replace Chao Liu from China…
Nigeria Heads UN Security Council
For the fifth time since independence, Nigeria has been elected to serve as the president of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, April1, 2014. Joy Ogwu, Nigeria’s permanent representative to the UN, assumed the one-month rotational position from Sylvie Lucas, the permanent representative of Luxembourg, who held the presidency for the month of March…
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