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UN demands urgent $14 bn to save 87m people
Laments $1bn/day war in Iran Frank Okon Some 87 million people worldwide face the risk of death unless the international community urgently provides more than $14 billion in humanitarian aid, the United Nations emergency relief chief warned Thursday. Speaking in…
Japa: UK, NAPTIP warn Nigerians against Asia scam trafficking
Spotlight Nigerian survivors of scam trafficking Sopuruchi Onwuka The British High Commission (BHC) in Nigeria, which played key role in rescue and safe return of Nigerians who were lured and forced to work at scam hubs in Asia, has activated…
PENGASSAN demands immediate withdrawal of Tinubu’s Executive Order
Laments weakness of institutions to challenge hurtful Presidential orders Says Executive Order nullifies provisions of PIA Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria’s top petroleum industry workers union, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has called on President Bola…
Looming food aid cuts put one million Nigerians at risk, WFP warns
Sopuruchi Onwuka More than one million people in northeast Nigeria could lose emergency food and nutrition assistance within weeks unless urgent funding is secured, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday. The UN agency said it urgently needs $129…
UN warns internet shutdowns are becoming a global tool of repression
Frank Okon The United Nations is raising renewed alarm over the growing use of government-imposed internet shutdowns during civil unrest and elections, warning that digital blackouts are becoming a routine tool to restrict information, suppress dissent and undermine basic rights….
Human trafficking thrives fully on corruption, UN report finds
Ziggy Ojiegbe Human trafficking on a large scale would not be possible without corruption by border guards, public officials, and other actors who look the other way in exchange for money or sexual favors, or who are themselves coerced, according…
Iran leads with 1,500 executions as death sentences surged in 2025 — UN
Frank Okon Iran and several neighbouring Middle Eastern countries with restricted democratic space recorded high numbers of executions in 2025, contributing to a global surge in death sentences, the United Nations has said. Despite a long-term global decline in the…
Sahara Group Foundation partners Plan International on recycling, empowerment
Sopuruchi Onwuka Sahara Group Foundation has declared partnership with Plan International Nigeria to deepen social inclusion and community-led waste recycling initiatives aimed at driving climate action and economic empowerment. The Foundation, the social responsibility arm of Sahara Group, said it…
Help wanes as strife pushes 55 million West Africans towards starvation
300,000 Nigerian children at risk WFP urgently needs over $453m in next six months Sopuruchi Onwuka The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned that 55 million people across West and Central Africa are expected to face crisis-level hunger…
Nigeria splatters N13.2 bn on countering claims of Christian slaughter
Move aimed at averting possible sanctions and military action Ziggy Ojiegbe The Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu has spent an estimated $9 million (about N13.2 billion) on lobbying efforts in Washington as it seeks to counter allegations of widespread…
