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World Refugee Day: 68.5m people displaced globally – UNHCR

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, said the number of people forced to flee their homes in 2017 rose to 68.5...

Constant dialogue, key to peace in Niger Delta, says Dokubo

Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Porgramme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has identified constant dialogue with critical stakeholders in the Niger Delta as a critical factor in ensuring...

World Day Against Child Labour: No under-18 should be toiling – Ryder

No child under the age of 18 should be toiling in mines, fields, factories and homes, carrying heavy loads or working long hours, the...

What we miss while in Nigeria, by Cameroonian refugees

Cameroonian refugees who were staying in Abande, a Benue State border community with Cameroon, have said they were missing their natural food items. The refugees,...

Indian council wants UN intervention over human rights violations in Mexico

The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) and the Yaqui Tribe Traditional Authorities of Loma de Bácum, in Sonora, México on Monday, May 28, 2018,...

1.2b children face poverty, conflict, discrimination – Report

No fewer than 1.2 billion children are threatened by poverty, conflict, or discrimination against girls, Save the Children, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), said in...

Benue asked to provide farmlands to IDPs to tackle food insecurity

A call has been made to the Benue State Government to provide farmlands to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state as a means...

UN releases $2.7 million to help cyclone-hit ‘Somaliland’

Following a visit to a cyclone-hit community in “Somaliland”, the United Nations has released close to $3 million to help people affected by an unprecedented storm...

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160 Anambra communities face gully erosion threat – Official

The Managing Director of Anambra State Erosion, Watershed and Climate Change Agency (ANSEWCCA), Prof. Philip Phil-Eze, says no fewer...
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Nigeria’s oil reserves stand at 37.28bn barrels, gas hit 210.54 tcf – NUPRC

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Friday, April 11, 2025, said that the nation’s crude oil reserves...

Oando confirms three attacks on its pipelines in Bayelsa

Nigeria’s gas export has dipped following three sabotage attacks on a major pipeline in Bayelsa State which feeds the...

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160 Anambra communities face gully erosion threat – Official

The Managing Director of Anambra State Erosion, Watershed and...

Nigeria’s oil reserves stand at 37.28bn barrels, gas hit 210.54 tcf – NUPRC

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