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May 31 (THEWILL) — The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, “to urgently invoke Article 99 of the UN Charter and bring Nigeria’s escalating insecurity—marked by mass abductions, killings, attacks on...

March 16, (THEWILL) — The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has urged world leaders and technology companies to speak out against Islamophobia and take concrete steps to protect Muslims from discrimination, hostility, and violence. Guterres made the call...

November 04, (THEWILL) – The indescribable destruction caused by the first and second world wars led many to desire an international organisation dedicated to maintaining world peace. The United Nations (UN) was, therefore, established on October 24, 1945,...

October 13, (THEWILL) – The Presidency has refuted reports that Nigeria was snubbed by the United Nations in the October 9 election of members of the Human Rights Council. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo...

October 02, (THEWILL) – Israel and the United States have promised consequences for Iran after it fired hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the missile attack was in response to the killing of...

May 2, (THEWILL) - The Bayelsa State Government has solicited the support of the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) in the fight against environmental terrorism and degradation impoverishing Bayelsa and other states in the Niger...

October 18, (THEWILL) – The United Nations (UN) has strongly condemned the deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza that left at least hundreds of people dead on Tuesday night. Speaking on Wednesday, at the Belt and Road Forum in...

July 21, (THEWILL) - The United Nations (UN) on Thursday, celebrated the life and legacy of the first black President of post-apartheid South Africa, Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013. The commemoration of Nelson Mandela International Day, which is...

Prince Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the former Senior Special Assistant to Nigeria’s former President Mohammadu Buhari on Sustainable Development Goals, has been honoured by the United Nations in Nigeria with the SDG's Champion's award. The politician was recognized for her commitment, performance,...

The President of the African Development Bank, AFDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has been appointed by the United Nations’ (UN)Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, as one of the esteemed leaders, to spearhead the battle against malnutrition globally. As part of the Scaling Up...