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UN Restates Commitment to Nigeria’s Achieving SDGs

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2024

The United Nations systems in Nigeria has restated continued commitment to support Nigeria achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria Mohammed Fall disclosed this at a press conference to mark the UN Day, in Abuja Fall who also said that for UN to

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UN, FG harp on the importance of data in decision-making

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2023

The need to prioritise data visualization in decision-making processes has been reiterated by the United Nations (UN), Federal Government, and the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The bodies expressed the imperative of data in the decision-making process at the official launch of “Nigeria Visualised Project” on Monday night in Abuja. The programme was put together […]

HEALTH

UN announces 12 African countries to receive malaria vaccine

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2023

The World Health Organisation, WHO, Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have announced that twelve African countries would receive the malaria vaccine. The agencies, in a statement issued on Wednesday, disclosed that the nations would receive eighteen million doses of the first-ever vaccine against malaria over the next two years. The […]

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UN, Diplomatic Community Restate Commitment to Nigeria’s Elections

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2023

The United Nations in Nigeria and members of the diplomatic community have restated their commitment to supporting Nigeria in ensuring peaceful, credible, and inclusive elections, even as concern was shown over the possible adverse effects on the forthcoming elections due to fuel scarcity, implementation challenges of the currency redesign and exchange process, and

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UN, FAO warn of imminent food insecurity in Northern Nigeria

Daily Dispatch July 28, 2021

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Global Environment Facility (GEF) said the United Nations (UN) – Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) had warned that people in northern Nigeria are at risk of acute food insecurity. The UN-FAO projected that an estimated 13 million people in the area face the risk of acute food insecurity […]

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UN, IOM condemn attack on civilians, aid facilities in Borno

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2021

The UN and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday condemned in totality the attack on civilians and several aid facilities in Dikwa Borno. UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria Edward Kallon said in a statement in Abuja that he was outraged to hear about the attacks and the setting ablaze of facilities […]