Delivering Nigeria’s national statement, Amb. Bola Asaju identified NELFUND as part of the government’s efforts to remove financial barriers preventing eligible students from pursuing tertiary education.
The fifth Agribusiness Roundtable International Conference scheduled to hold in Akwa Ibom State from October 25 to 28 has secured endorsements from two federal ministries, with representatives of key United Nations agencies expected to join government officials to discuss strategies for strengthening Nigeria’s agricultural value chains.
The United Nations has expressed confidence in Nigeria’s capacity to contain its newly confirmed Ebola Bundibugyo case, pledging support as health authorities intensify contact tracing and surveillance to prevent further spread of the deadly virus.
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has told the United Nations that it seized more than 5.8 million kilogrammes of illicit drugs valued at over ₦2.5 trillion, arrested 38,242 suspects and secured 6,232 convictions between January 2025 and September 2026.
The United Nations has renewed its push to rebuild public confidence in the multilateral system, with the incoming President of the General Assembly, Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh, pledging to reform the organisation and make it more capable of responding to the world's mounting crises.
November 26, (THEWILL) — The United Nations has raised a fresh alarm over the rising cases of femicide, warning that gender-related killings of women and girls have reached crisis levels worldwide.
In a new report released by the UN Office...
November 22, (THEWILL) — The United Nations has strongly condemned Friday’s abduction of hundreds of schoolchildren and teachers from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, describing the growing...
August 18, (THEWILL) — Nigeria has been ranked 8th in Africa and 98th globally on the United Nations Industrialisation Index.
The Thematic Lead for Oil and Gas at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Kelvin Ayebaefie Emmanuel, disclosed this during...
July 29, (THEWILL) — Nigeria and other African nations, as well as the United Nations (UN), have called for collective action, shared purpose and determination to combat food insecurity globally and particularly on the continent.
According to them, Africa...
June 17, (THEWILL) – The United Nations has strongly condemned the deadly attacks on Yelewata Village in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
Amnesty International and local official reports say at least 100 residents were killed, dozens remain...
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
