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- 2 Jun 2023
MTN Joins United Nations Women Empowerment Principles, Advocates for Gender Equality in Workplace
MTN Nigeria, leading ICT firm, has signed the United Nations Women Empowerment Principles (UN WEPs) as part of its commitment to gender equality in the workplace through the Nigeria2Equal programme…
- 10 Oct 2019
United Nations World Summit Tech Solution Awardees to Feature @ MoDiTECH 2019
United Nations World Summit Awards Nigeria National Nominees FARMZ2U, CAMPUSTORCH, CHEKITT, AFRIMART including a past youth winner OMOMI , will on the 24th October 2019 under the anchor of the WSA…
- 3 Jul 2023
United Nations partners Sterling One Foundation to convene the Africa Social Impact Summit
Sterling One Foundation has announced partnership with the United Nations to host the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2023 in August. The event which will hold on August 10-11 at the Eko…
- 28 Jun 2015
Sahara Partners United Nations on Youth Development
Sahara Group is partnering with the United Nations on the "Building Bridges" project which seeks to position young people for effective participation in activities that will be designed to achieve…
- 19 Jun 2025
IHS Nigeria, United Nations Global Compact Host High-Level Dialogue on Sustainability and Greener Business Practices in Nigeria
IHS Nigeria, in collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact Network Nigeria, hosted a high-level private sector dialogue themed “Collaborative Strategies for Greener Business Practices,…
- 20 Aug 2020
Stanbic IBTC Partners United Nations on Women Empowerment
Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc has disclosed that it recently partnered the United Nations on an initiative to provide seed funding for women across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and the Federal…
- 26 Jan 2020
United Nations Officials Barred from Using WhatsApp
Amid growing concerns over WhatsApp's security, the United Nations (UN) has asked its officials to not use the messaging app because “it’s not supported as a secure mechanism.” This comes after UN…
- 24 Apr 2015
Cisco Supports United Nations’ Girls in ICT Day in Nigeria
Cisco hosted its first ‘Girls Power Tech’ mentoring sessions in Nigeria this week, as part of a global mentoring initiative to support and complement the United Nations’ Girls in ICT Day’ on the 23rd…
- 9 Jul 2015
Tuface, Ice Prince Signed on United Nations' Radio Everyone Global project
Multi-award winning African musicians Ice Prince, D’Banj and 2Face on Thursday signed up to be part of Radio Everyone, as part of The Global Goals campaign – partner of the Global Citizen Festival…
- 18 Jun 2015
WorldRemit Wins Prestigious Award by United Nations Agency
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which focuses on agricultural development and financial inclusion, has named WorldRemit winner of its 2015 private-sector award for Best…
- 15 Jun 2026
Guinea-Bissau Taps United Nigeria Airlines to Establish AIR BISSAU, National Carrier
Government of Guinea-Bissau has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria’s United Nigeria Airlines to establish AIR BISSAU, a national carrier, for the West African country, to boost…
- 19 Sept 2016
GSMA, UN, Project Everyone Collaborate to Drive Sustainable Development Goals
The GSMA has announced collaboration with the United Nations and Project Everyone, a non-profit global campaign, to increase awareness of and engagement with the United Nations Sustainable…
- 4 Nov 2013
Hackers Shift to SIM Cloning
United Nations has discovered significant vulnerabilities in mobile phone technology that could potentially enable hackers to remotely attack at least half a billion SIM cards. A United Nations (UN)…
- 9 Mar 2017
Sidmach, First Nigerian Company to Host ‘Un-Influx Hackathon’
For the first time Nigeria will host United Nations-Influx Hackathon, Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited, has been chosen as the camp for the three-day event commencing Friday, March 10, 2017. For…
- 8 Jun 2015
eWaste: Africa Generates 1.7 kg/inh Least of Global- Study
The global quantity of e-waste generation in 2014 was around 41.8 million tonnes according to United Nations University’s Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability study. United Nations…
- 27 Jun 2025
UN and Sterling One Foundation Lead Coalition Ahead of ASIS 2025
Ahead of the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2025, scheduled for July 10 and 11 in Lagos, co-conveners Sterling One Foundation and the United Nations in Nigeria held a high-level press briefing at…
- 28 May 2024
Enugu State to Host Maiden Edition of UN Education Conference by NgEducators
Enugu State Government through the State Ministry of Education is set to host the maiden edition of the NgEducators International Model United Nations Conference. Expected at the conference scheduled…
- 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…
- 24 Aug 2015
Channels TV, UN Pen MoU on News Coverage
Channels Television has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations on news coverage. “It is a great pleasure for me to deliver a very important project which has been discussed and…
- 9 Mar 2021
NSE Urges Private Sector to Challenge Gender Inequality
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) joined the rest of the world on Monday, 8 March 2021 to commemorate International Women’s Day (IWD) and the 7th Ring the Bell for Gender Equality. With the theme…
- 5 Sept 2021
HURIWA Asks Nigerians to Beg Buhari to Resign Immediately
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has told Nigerians to beg President Muhammadu Buhari to resign immediately. The group is worried by the expanding frontiers of terrorism in the…
- 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…
- 27 Jun 2022
MTN Foundation Partners NDLEA, UNODC, to Host Conference on Substance Abuse
As part of the organization’s commitment to ensuring a drug-free society, the MTN Foundation partnering with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and United Nations Office on Drugs hosted…
- 21 Oct 2017
AfDB, OpenOil Launch Report on How African Governments Manage Extractive Resources.
African Development Bank (AfDB) and OpenOil, a Berlin-based financial analysis firm, have jointly produced a report on how African governments use financial models to manage oil & gas and mining…
- 15 May 2018
Breakthrough in Education Funding could help Over 8million Nigerian Children- Education Commission
.Youth activists deliver petition with 1.5 million signatures calling for the biggest global investment in education history .United Nations Secretary-General, World Bank, and Regional Development…
- 29 Aug 2019
UN urges Nigeria to hasten up the passage of Digital Rights and Freedom Bill
The United Nations has called on the Nigerian Government to speed up the passage of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill. This call is contained in its concluding observations from Nigeria's…
- 8 Jun 2015
UNIC, TWYEF Tasks Parents on Digital Savvy Children
As the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos in collaboration with Tehila Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation (TWYEF) joined the rest of the world recently to mark the Global Day of…
- 17 Feb 2018
UNESCO urges Youths to Restore Pan-Africa Through ICT
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation ( UNESCO ) has advised African youths to tap into the power of the Information and Communication Technology ( ICT ) for the…
- 14 Oct 2015
Challenges before Buhari’s Ministers
With the clearing of some ministerial nominees by the Senate yesterday, a full component of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘Change’ team is almost ready, according to the Vanguard. Expectedly, if the…
- 22 Feb 2021
UN Pledges Support for Digital Economy, Tasks Government to Invest More in the Sector
Mrs Amina Muhammed, deputy Secretary General of United Nations has pledged the support of the global body to the country’s digital economy sector while urging the federal government to invest in…