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If living and business operations continue as usual in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, available resources will be overstretched, which may pose enormous economic, environmental and social challenges. The continent's biggest environmental challenges are water pollution, air pollution and...

April 19, (THEWILL) - India is set to overtake China, to become the most populous country in the world by the middle of 2023, data released by the United Nations shows. The demographic data from the United Nations Population Fund’s...

March 11, (THEWILL) - The United Nations, on Friday, commemorated the first-ever International Day to combat Islamophobia. Islamophobia is the fear of hatred of, or prejudice against the religion of Islam or Muslim in general, especially when seen as...

February 07, (THEWILL) - At least eight million people have fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries and another 5.3 million are now internally displaced, since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the United Nations said...

January 30, (THEWILL) - Ahead of the February 25 national elections in Nigeria, the United Nations (UN) has expressed serious concerns over the rise in fake news as well as religious and ethnic hate speeches. Deputy Secretary General of the...

The United Nations on Friday released a total of US$10.5 million from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) and the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide assistance to people affected and left vulnerable by floods across Nigeria, including those...

November 15, (THEWILL) - In a warning to regions already facing resource scarcity because of climate change, the United Nations, on Tuesday, said the world's population had reached eight billion people. The director of the UN’s population division, John Wilmoth,...

November 05, (THEWILL) - The United Nations has described the flood disaster in Bayelsa State as a crisis of major proportions that deserves attention. The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria and Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr Matthias Schmale,...

September 21, (THEWILL) – The United Nations (UN) has conferred the Ambassador of Peace award on Mr Augustine Onwumere, the Chief Executive Officer of PWAN Group. PWAN is an international real estate company and the award was presented during...

SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, (THEWILL) - The United Nations (UN) says that the International Human Solidarity Day (December 20) is a day “to celebrate our unity in diversity; a day to remind governments to respect their commitments to international...