Archive: United Nations

📁 Crime Watch

Don't Execute Nigerian, Others - UN Appeals To Indonesia

•Ban Ki-moon United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to Indonesia to stop the planned executions of nine prisoners within days for drug-relate

📅 April 27, 2015 @ 05:35:41 Africa/Lagos

📁 Politics

UN Secretary-General Congratulates Nigerians On Peaceful Elections

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has applauded Nigeria on the largely peaceful and methodical conduct of presidential and parliamentary elections. B

📅 March 29, 2015 @ 14:19:02 Africa/Lagos

📁 General

SERAP Tasks US Govt. To Monitor Jonathan's Control Of $480m Abacha Funds

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a proposal to the U.S. Department of Justice to monitor the Nigerian Government on the managem

📅 March 26, 2015 @ 13:36:30 Africa/Lagos

📁 Broad

Top Al-Qaeda Commander Killed In Air Strike

The death of Abu Humam al-Shami on Friday, who trained in Afghanistan alongside the September 11 plotters, has left doubts over the future of the most powerful

📅 March 6, 2015 @ 17:49:00 Africa/Lagos

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Outcry As IS Bulldozers Attack Ancient Iraq Site

Archaeologists and officials have expressed outrage about the bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud by Islamic State militants in Iraq. IS began dem

📅 March 6, 2015 @ 16:06:00 Africa/Lagos

📁 General

MALI: Six Nigerien Soldiers Wounded In Mine Explosion

A vehicle transporting troops of the Nigerien contingent of the UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), on Sunday drove on a landmine in the northern region of Gao, leavi

📅 January 4, 2015 @ 20:03:00 Africa/Lagos

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Somalia Car Bomb Targets UN Convoy

The bomb exploded as the convoy travelled along the road near the airport in Mogadishu, police stated. It was also gathered that a second blast targeted African

📅 December 3, 2014 @ 15:40:00 Africa/Lagos

📁 Entertainment

Angelina Jolie May Pursue Political Career

Angelina Jolie has admitted she is "open" to pursuing a political career. The 39-year-old actress, filmmaker, and mother of six told Vanity Fair a run

📅 November 5, 2014 @ 14:38:00 Africa/Lagos

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President Of Zambia, Michael Sata Is Dead

As stated by an online newspaper, President Michael Sata of Zambia has died in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, three p

📅 October 29, 2014 @ 13:22:00 Africa/Lagos

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Ebola Strikes 4th American As UN Ramps Up Response

the United States prepared Friday to fly home a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, as the head of the UN's response agency headed to Sierra Leone to lea

📅 October 3, 2014 @ 19:14:00 Africa/Lagos