The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says Nigeria, and West and Central Africa face “disruptive and destabilising” new trends regarding drug trafficking, drug use and other crimes. The Executive Director of UNODC, Mr Yury Fedotov, said this while briefing the UN Security Council session, presided by Côte d’Ivoire. The briefing was the…
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Nigeria has decried the obsolete and old-fashioned composition of the UN Security Council, describing it as undemocratic. The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande, who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York said that there was an urgent need to reform the body. The Security Council is the UN’s…
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We deliver the most recent information on top stories in politics, sports, current affairs, foreign news and more in this column. On Sunday, an IRS Airline plane made an emergency landing in Kaduna. In the wake of the World Cup Qualifiers play-off first leg victory over Ethopia, the Nigerian Football Federation on Tuesday, announced a…
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