Nigeria has been urged by The United Nations (UN) to relax laws restricting usage of Cannabis to allow its prescription for Nigerians. This is following the approval of Indian hemp for medical purposes by the

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The United Nations has suggested that the 2019 general elections in Nigeria will be free of violence. Mohammed Ibn Chambers, the head of UN office for West Africa, made this known in a chat with

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President Muhammadu Buhari has left Nigeria for New York, United States, to attend the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). At the General Assembly, the President would participate in the general debate,

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The United Nations Security Council has started its emergency meeting to determine sanctions for North Korea over its latest nuclear. North Korea launched its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday. This led to

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The United Nations has expressed concern over the quit notice and 90-day ultimatum issued by a coalition of Arewa youths to Igbos living in the north, calling for a peaceful resolution. The youths had stirred

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UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has sent a team of bomb experts to assess the number of landmines Boko Haram terrorists have laid in the Sambisa Forest. Director of UNMAS Agnes Marcaillou confirmed in New

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The Security Council Visiting Mission to the Lake Chad Basin Region will arrive Nigeria on Sunday with a visit to Maiduguri, Borno and proceed to Abuja to meet with the acting President Yemi Osinbajo on

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Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai disclosed on Tuesday that there are 800 Nigerian soldiers on deployment to the United Nations Mission (UNAMID) in Darfur. According to the Army’s Chief, Nigeria would

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António Guterres assumed office on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, as the ninth United Nations Secretary General after Ban Ki-moon’s exit following the completion of a 10 year- tenure on Saturday, Dec. 31. Guterres, in his

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Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was sworn in Monday as secretary-general of the United Nations, becoming the ninth UN chief in the body's 71-year history. The former UN refugee chief was elected to the

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