Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Denis Mukwege, ISIS survivor Nadia Murad for fighting sexual violence
Nadia Murad, a rape survivor, who raised awareness about the abuses on 3,000 Yazidi women by the ISIS army, has won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. She was awarded for…
UNDP ADMINISTRATOR ACHIM STEINER, HUMANITARIAN CHIEF MARK LOWCOCK TO VISIT NIGERIA, CHAD
UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock will be visiting Nigeria (5-6 Oct) and Chad (6-7 Oct) on a mission to highlight and support joint humanitarian and…
Sant Egidio condemns Jos Killings
By David Effe A faith-based organization known as Community of Sant’Egidio has again condemned the rising spate of killings in the country, especially the recent killing of at least eight…
MSF Kicks off Emergency aid for the dying Children in the North East
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on that Friday it was providing emergency help after 33 children died in a camp housing people that have been displaced by the Boko Haram…
CS-SUNN trains state chapters on advocacy, leadership skills
Civil Society Organizations from Civil Society Scaling Up-Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) state chapters have been successfully trained on advocacy and leadership skills for effective nutrition advocacy that will translate to…
CS-SUNN introduces “PINNS Project” to tackle Malnutrition Challenge in Nigeria!
Civil Society Scaling-up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), a non-profit coalition, made up of organizations with a shared vision to transform Nigeria into a country where every citizen has food and…
Communiqué of the Second African Union – United Nations Annual Conference
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia On 9 July 2018, the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, and the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres convened the second AU-…
#TankerExplosion: A little boy got missing at the scene of Lagos Tanker Explosion!
At about 17:30pm yesterday there was a horrific tanker explosion that claimed the lives of road users. 😢 😢 😢 . . According to an eye witness, the death toll…
UNDP partners with Civic Foundation for Innovation, seeks new approaches to designing development solutions
Abuja, 27 June 2018 – “Innovation has potential to significantly contribute to addressing urgent development challenges in Nigeria; from youth unemployment and inequality to enhancing efficiency in the delivery of…
Borno IDPs: Soldiers raped us in camps but we were forced to deny it
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north-east say they are being suppressed from opening up on the alleged sexual abuse ongoing in their camps. They have also called on President…