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UN Condemns Boko Haram Attacks On IDPs Camps

David Folami — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 01:49:30 +0000

The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has condemned the July 24 suicide attacks on two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps near Maiduguri, Borno. A statement issued by Farhan Haq, Guterress deputy spokesperson, said the UN scribe expressed concern over the terrorist acts. The statement was made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, On Monday, the [...]

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Anyaoku Says 2016 Inspires Hope Of Real Change For The Better In Nigeria

Wale Adebayo — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 23:37:20 +0000

Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary General of Commonwealth of Nations, has said the year 2016 inspires hope of real change for the better in Nigeria’s national circumstances. He made the remark in a signed statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. The elder statesman expressed hope that the pervading insecurity in Nigeria would be brought under [...]

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Foreign Investors Woo Nigeria At Paris Climate Change Negotiations

Ade Adewale — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 23:37:24 +0000

The determination of President Muhammadu Buhari to put square pegs in square holes in his ministerial appointments may have paid off as Nigeria emerges the sought after bride at the ongoing climate change negotiations in Paris, France. Contrary to the undesirable and unenviable position of Nigeria in previous climate change talks, Nigeria has emerged as [...]

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President Buhari To Attend UN General Assembly In New York

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:23:31 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) is due to leave Abuja for New York on Thursday for the 70th Session General Assembly meeting of the United Nations. The president would be accompanied by the Governors of Sokoto, Kaduna and Niger States, the National Security Adviser, Babagana Mongonu and the Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Ministries of Foreign [...]

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Suspended FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke Demands Unreasonable Pay-Off

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:48:20 +0000

FIFA Scribe Jerome Valcke is said to have unsuccessfully sought to receive a pay-off of a preposterous amount from FIFA, a week prior to his suspension. The FIFA secretary general was, on Thursday, put on leave and released from his duty until further notice after series of allegations implicated him in a scheme to sell [...]

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#Nigeria > President Buhari Congratulates Most Rev. Idowu-Fearon On Commissioning As New Anglican Secretary-General

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 17:30:15 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) yesterday congratulated Most Rev. Josiah Idowu-Fearon on his appointment as the Secretary-General of the Consultative Council of the Anglican Communion Worldwide. In a letter delivered by his personal emissary, Mallam Adamu Adamu to Idowu-Fearon on Friday in London on the occasion of the clergy’s commissioning into the new post, Buhari said [...]

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon To Visit Nigeria | #Nigeria

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 06:52:54 +0000

The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, will visit Nigeria from August 23 to 24 and will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari and State Governors. During his visit which will focus on Pathways to a new Nigeria-Role of Sub-National Governments, Mr Ki-Moon will also lay wreath to commemorate the 4th Anniversary of the attack on [...]

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SECRETARY-GENERAL, WELCOMING CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN SOUTH SUDAN, CALLS FOR ACCORD'S IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION

apofeed — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:35:44 +0000

NEW YORK, January 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement on cessation of hostilities signed today in Addis Ababa by the Government of the Republic of South sudan and the sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) in opposition. [...]

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Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Somalia

Adewale A. — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:31:00 +0000

NEW YORK, November 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General strongly condemns the deadly attacks today against a police station in Beledweyne, Somalia, which follow a number of similar attacks on the Somali people in recent weeks. These acts of terrorism against the Government and people of Somalia have caused tremendous suffering. The Secretary-General [...]

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