United Nations

December 03, (THEWILL) - The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed Mr Babatunde A. Ahonsi of Nigeria, as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Türkiye, with the host Government’s approval. Ahonsi has 26 years of experience in international...

December 01, (THEWILL) - The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed Mr Babatunde A. Ahonsi of Nigeria, as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Türkiye, with the host Government’s approval. Ahonsi has 26 years of experience in international...

November 23, (THEWILL) – The United Nations, on Thursday, said that around 89,000 women and girls were killed in 2022 across the globe. According to the UN report, this is the highest annual figure recorded in the past two decades. “The...

October 11, (THEWILL) - The military junta in Niger has ordered the United Nations (UN) resident and humanitarian coordinator, Louise Aubin, "to take all necessary measures to leave Niamey within 72 hours". The Nigerien Foreign Ministry, in a statement...

September 24, (THEWILL) - Nigeria has joined several United Nations (UN) Member States, civil society delegates, and other interested parties, to endorse a declaration, aimed at accelerating initiatives to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) by the year 2030. The document lays out...

September 01, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has solicited the support of the United Nations in Nigeria’s fight against terrorism in light of its rippling effect on global peace, displacements of people and rising poverty. The President made the appeal...

August 31, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Government, through the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to further strengthen counter-terrorism efforts in the...

August 31, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, received the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations office of counter-terrorism (UNOCT), Vladimir Voronkov, at the State House. While details of the meeting are sketchy as at press time, THEWILL ...

August 31, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu will address the 78th Session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, September 19. The 78th session of the...

August 27, (THEWILL) - Shelter is one of the basic needs of man, and the idea of affordable housing to cater to this need is both practical and viable. According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat), 30...