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Outgoing President of the UN General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande has highlighted some critical lessons from COVID-19. He told the News Agency of Nigeria in New York that the pandemic had further underscored the need for…

BY FEMI ADESINA The Nigerian President is different things to different people, depending on the prism from which he is being considered. To some people, Muhammadu Buhari is a father figure. At 77 years old, he qualifies. To some…

Barring any last-minute changes, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, will lead members of the group to the ongoing United Nations General Assembly in New York today. The IPOB leader last week led a…

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, has emerged President of the 74th UN General Assembly. Muhammad-Bande speaking at the declaration event in New York Waive drums support for Omo-Agege…

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday ratified the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration by a large majority. A total of 152 countries voted in favour of the pact which was agreed upon earlier this month by 165 UN…

Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki was caught on camera yawning and sleeping as the President of Nigeria, President Buhari addressed the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, September 25th. See the photos below:

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria left on Monday for Geneva for regular medical tests, the presidency said in a statement. Bouteflika, 81, has rarely been seen in public since he suffered a stroke in 2013, but his backers have…

The UN is asking people around the world to take selfies and add their names to a petition calling on global leaders to protect civilians and aid workers. The UN said thousands of selfies are to be displayed on a 3D installation at the…

President Muhammadu Buhari will deliver Nigeria’s National Statement at the 73rd Session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly to at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Buhari who is 20th on the…

U.S. President Donald Trump made eight requests for a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rowhani, all of which were rejected, the Iranian leader’s chief of staff said Wednesday. “When President Rowhani was at the UN General…