UN Warns of Looming Water Shortage The planet earth will soon witness a decline in water supply if the report by the United Nations (UN) is anything to go by.The UN after release of the 2018 edition of World Water Development Report, warned that the...

Adeosun to address UN, OECD’s Conference on Tax, Revenue Leakages Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has been invited by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development to speak at the Platform for Collaboration on Tax Conference on Thursday, February 15, at the United Nations in...

ARC and UN Partner to Increase Insurance Coverage in Africa The African Risk Capacity (ARC), an agency of the African Union, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has announced a new synergy which will see the two organisations work together to increase...

The UN has allocated over $10.5 million to help thousands of vulnerable in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance in the devastated Nigeria’s northeast. The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, said that the fund would prioritise life-saving assistance to victims of...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has unveiled plans to go after multinationals involved in illicit financial flows out of Nigeria. The Acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, disclosed this in an interview with journalists on the sideline of a conference on the use...

With the complexity of global security threats and the intensity of intra-state conflicts in the West African region, it has become imperative for the regional governments to devise holistic approach to security management. While violent conflicts are reportedly declining in the sub-region, a recent report...