Tag: UN
UNGA president decries deployment of untrained teachers to schools
President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has decried the engagement of untrained teachers in many schools around the...
Former UDUS VC, Muhammad-Bande elected president, UN General Assembly
A former Vice-Chancellor of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has been elected President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Muhammad-Bande who...
UN urges parents to shun gender discrimination in the family
The National Information Officer
of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) for Nigeria, Oluseyi Soremekun,
has urged Nigerian parents to think equal and shun...
UN panel tasks Nigeria on education for children with physical disabilities
A United Nations panel has challenged the Nigerian government on education for children with disabilities. It emphasised the need to improve on the education...
BIMUN tasks UN member states on cyber security
Delegates at the Babcock International Model United Nations (BIMUN) conference have challenged United Nations member states to pay more attention to cyber security and...
My experience at the United Nations General Assembly
Pelumi Olugbenga was recently at the United Nations headquarters in New York. In this piece, he shares his experience participating in deliberations at the...
UN challenges youths on SDG related innovations
The United Nations has challenged youths to be innovative in driving solutions to societal problems in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This message...
Gender equality: The unfinished business of our time
We are at a pivotal moment for women’s rights. The historical and structural inequalities that have allowed oppression and discrimination to flourish are being...
Boko Haram: 1,400 schools Borno schools destroyed, 1.4 million school children...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that about 1,400 schools have been destroyed in Borno as a result of years of Boko...
FG canvasses creation of UNESCO Youth Commission
Federal Government has requested the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to pass a resolution to create Commission for Global Youth Engagements...
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