United Nations General Assembly
29 Sep 2019
This week’s topic is indeed the conclusion of the whole matter I began three weeks ago on a thematic area: ‘Why Buhari is a man of the decade (1&2)’. It has been part of my periodical Buhariwatch.
5 Jun 2019
The United Nations General Assembly yesterday in New York, United States elected Nigeria’s Prof. Tijjani Mohammad-Bande as president of the 74th Session of the body.
26 May 2019
Reverend Charles Leonard of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer, Chelsea, Massachusetts, first celebrated Children’s Day in June 1857. The Reverend Father usually dedicated every second Sunday Service in June to and for children. Father Leonard then called the day Rose Day and later renamed Flower Sunday. However, it was not until August 1924 when…
4 May 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to receive President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA) Ms Maria Espinosa, who is paying a one-day official visit to Nigeria on Monday. Espinosa’s Spokesperson, Ms Monica Gravley, announced this at a media briefing at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday. According to her, the PGA’s visit…
6 Oct 2018
Robust and healthy citizens are no doubt a catalyst for both national and development goals. And in the developed world, their leaders spend a huge amount of money yearly on health. The reverse is the case on the African continent where her governments pays lip services to the health sector...
12 Aug 2018
Today, August 12, is International Youth Day. It is a day set aside by the United Nations General Assembly to celebrate the existence and importance of young people in the society. Our world is incomplete without the young people! Today, we are celebrating some of the contributions made by young people towards the development of…
10 Oct 2017
The event, which was held at the Zone’s centre in Gbagada, Lagos, witnessed an impressive turnout of people from all walks of life, including social innovators and community leaders.
22 Sep 2017
In addition to measuring the progress that the mobile industry is making against the SDGs, the report also noted several commitments and initiatives that the GSMA and its members will focus on delivering over...
17 Sep 2017
Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity confirmed the departure on his Facebook page, on Sunday, in Abuja.
16 Sep 2017
The President will then proceed to London from New York, after joining other world leaders at the UNGA. This trip is coming 28 days after his medical follow-up in London, United Kingdom (UK).
24 Sep 2016
Global leaders and institutions have endorsed the Commonwealth Secretary-General’s call to work more effectively together to end the suffering of women and girls facing violence at the hands of their partners.
18 Sep 2016
After a fashion of the 2015 United Nations General Assembly’s Agenda 2030, which focuses on “leaving no one behind” through its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the just concluded G20’s Summit in the Chinese city of Hangzhou...
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