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- 24 Jun 2025
MTN Nigeria Receives UN Women Award for Empowering Women Nationwide
MTN Foundation has received accolades from UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. L - R: Chukwuemeka Onyimadu (PhD), National Economist, UN…
- 26 Sept 2019
Nigerian Firm Selected for the 5th Annual UN Solutions Summit in New York
Technology for Development (Tech4Dev), a non-profit social enterprise, with its solution ‘Women Techsters’ has been selected for the 5th UN Solutions Summit in New York. The UN Solution Summit…
- 25 Nov 2022
Steve Babaeko Joins Global Business Leaders at the UN Stereotype Alliance Global Member Summit
Steve Babaeko, Founder and CEO of X3M Ideas, earlier this week, joined global business leaders at this year’s UN Stereotype Alliance Global Member Summit at the UN Headquarters in New York. The…
- 17 Aug 2022
UN Secretary General Appoints Gbenga Sesan on Internet Governance Forum
António Guterres, UN Secretary General has appointed a Nigerian social entrepreneur, Gbenga Sesan to serve on his inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel. The UN chief also…
- 15 Jul 2014
ITU, UN Women to Recognize Work in Tech for Gender Equality
ITU and UN Women are partnering to launch a new global technology award that recognizes outstanding contributions from women and men in leveraging the potential of information and communication…
- 20 May 2022
IFC, UN to Support Stock Exchanges in Advancing SDGs and Climate Efforts
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE), announced an expanded partnership to support stock exchanges and companies in emerging markets in…
- 18 Mar 2017
Sidmach Concludes 3-Day UN Influx Hackathon in Lagos
In furtherance of United Nations activities towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a three-day UN Influx Global Hackathon was held in Lagos. The camp for was hosted at Sidmach…
- 13 Dec 2016
UN Empower Women Names Okolo, Lift Saxum Founder Global Champion
Barrister Nwanneka Okolo, founder of the foremost capacity building and skills development NGO in the South East, Lift Saxum, has been nominated a UN Women Empower Women 2016-2017 Champion for…
- 11 Oct 2021
UN, ITU Tap into AI Tech to Improve Road Safety Globally
The United Nations (UN) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven road safety initiative, targeting low- and middle-income countries.…
- 29 May 2020
UN Launches Global Initiative to Protect Cyber Space
The United Nations (UN) is inviting people across the globe to join its new initiative to fight the spread of hate speech and fake news online amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Verified initiative…
- 22 Sept 2023
NGX, UN Women Partner to Promote Gender Bonds in Nigeria
Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and United Nations Women (UN Women) will partner on the integration of gender bonds and other gender-themed sustainable financing mechanisms as strategic instruments…
- 13 Nov 2017
Nigeria’s UN Boss in Trouble over Illicit $300m Timber Export
Amina Mohammed, UN deputy secretary-general is facing accusations from an advocacy group that she granted illegal permits to Chinese firms to import endangered Nigerian timber when she was Nigeria’s…
- 10 Jan 2015
UN Sees Jonathan, Buhari Contest as ‘Grave Test’
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, secretary general of United Nations (UN), has expressed profound concern about the forthcoming Nigerian election, calling the presidential polls between President…
- 25 Oct 2018
Ericsson to Supply UN Peacekeepers with Mission-Critical Communications Equipment
Ericsson, a telecommunications company said it has been selected by the UN to supply peacekeeping missions around the globe with its Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks providing mission-critical…
- 20 Jul 2026
UN Raises Alarm Over Terrorists’ Use of Drones and Cryptocurrencies in Northern Nigeria
United Nations (UN) has warned that terrorist groups operating in northern Nigeria, West Africa and the Sahel are increasingly deploying drones, sophisticated communication technologies and…
- 13 Dec 2021
X3M Ideas Announced as Founding Member of UN Women's Newly Launched Unstereotype Alliance Nigerian Chapter
X3M Ideas, leading African advertising agency, proudly announces that it joins the core membership of the UN Women’s Nigerian Chapter of Unstereotype Alliance - a global coalition committed to ending…
- 17 Mar 2017
Microsoft Partners UN-Influx to Address Societal Challenges with Technology
In a bid to address societal challenges with technology, Microsoft has partnered with UN Influx to organize a hackathon event aimed at finding innovative solutions that will help build resilient…
- 23 May 2014
UN Blacklists Boko Haram, Slams Sanctions
United Nations (UN) Security Council Committee on al Qaeda, on Thursday, blacklisted Boko Haram, Nigeria’s Islamist militant group, after the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls, diplomats said. The…
- 17 Jun 2019
War Looms in Nigeria over Competition for Land, Water- UN
Ibrahim Thiaw, executive secretary, UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), has said that degradation and competition over access to land and water may cause war in Nigeria. “Land…
- 27 Dec 2016
UN Sets Up Tech Bank for Least Developed Countries
The United Nations General Assembly in New York has officially established a Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries. The new UN institution is viewed as a significant achievement for the…
- 4 Aug 2016
Guns, Guns Everywhere in Nigeria, UN Warns of Dangers
United Nations (UN) has raised alarm over the illicit proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in Nigeria with over 350 million and 70 per cent of estimated 500 million of such weapons…
- 6 Jun 2023
Celebration of the UN Russian Language Day
Russian Language Day is celebrated worldwide on June 6, the birthday of the greatest Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. It was initiated by the UN in order to support and promote multilingualism and…
- 21 Feb 2015
UN Worries over Nigeria’s Election, Warns against another Shift
Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general yesterday urged Nigeria to avoid another delay in holding elections and expressed concern over election-related violence. Nigeria pushed back the presidential and…
- 30 Nov 2023
Fidelity Bank Plc Signs the UN Principles for Responsible Banking
Fidelity Bank Plc has become an official signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) – a single framework for a sustainable banking industry developed through a collaboration between…
- 8 Dec 2016
Internet Access is Vital to Addressing Poverty, Climate Change – UN Scribe
Access to information and communications technology has been termed necessary to address the challenges of poverty and climate change. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, stated this in his message to…
- 19 May 2016
ITU Opens Nominations for UN Women GEM-TECH Awards
The third annual Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in Technology (GEM-TECH) Awards by UN Women and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), opened yesterday for nominations. This prestigious…
- 26 Jun 2014
Nigeria Garners 21 Points in UN eGovernment Development Ranking
Nigeria has improved in the latest United Nations eGovernment Development ranking by moving up by 21 points to 141 out of 193 countries rated in the UN Global eGovernment Development Index for 2014.…
- 23 Apr 2013
Nembe Drags Shell to UN, Demands N1Bn
The paramount ruler and elders of Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa, have petitioned the UN over alleged destructive oil exploration activities by the international oil majors, Shell and the Nigerian Agip Oil…
- 21 May 2021
Chapel Hill Denham Becomes Signatory to UN-supported PRI
Chapel Hill Denham has announced that it has become a signatory to the UN-supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI). With this, the firm has joined a global network of nearly 4000…
- 20 Aug 2013
UN Lights-Up ISPON National Software Conference
Professor Emeritus Tapio Varis, United Nations (UN) chair on e-Learning has accepted to deliver the keynote at the 2013 National Software Conference and Competition organized by the Institute of…