Nigeria has secured a three-year seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council after receiving 172 votes in an election by the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. The Federal Government…
Uganda has entered the race for the next United Nations Secretary-General, nominating veteran diplomat Olara Otunnu just days before the first informal vote by the UN Security Council. Uganda’s Permanent…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has called on the United Nations (UN) and international human rights organisations to investigate the abduction of schoolchildren and their teachers in Oriire Local Government…
A Nigerian corrections officer, Olukemi Ibikunle, has been honoured with the 2025 United Nations Trailblazer Award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers for her outstanding contributions to prison reform and…
Britain, Australia and Canada on Sunday recognised a Palestinian state in a seismic shift in decades of western foreign policy, triggering swift Israeli anger, DECENCY GLOBAL NEWS reports. Portugal was…
In a landmark diplomatic development, Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has been appointed as the United Nations Global Crisis Envoy, a role that places him at the forefront…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has called for Africa’s inclusion as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council while positioning Nigeria as the continent’s ideal…
Ukraine’s population has declined by more than 10 million since Russia invaded in February 2022, sparking an exodus and sending birth rates plunging, the United Nations said Tuesday. The UN…
The Deputy Secretary General (DSG) of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, has met with President Bola Tinubu to debrief him of the effort to restore constitutional rule in some West…
The United Nations has again predicted that 82 million Nigerians, about 64 per cent of the country’s population, may go hungry by 2030, calling on the government to tackle climate…