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October 24, 2025

Delivery of medical aid to Gaza Strip continues to stall: WHO

Israel controls access to the Gaza Strip and has to authorise aid deliveries to the sealed-off territory.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza (Credit: Reuters)
October 21, 2025

$31 trillion debt crippling Nigeria, other developing countries’ development: UNCTAD

A staggering 2.6 billion people remain offline, most of them women in developing countries, UN data indicates.

Poor and hungry Africans
September 24, 2025

WHO responds to Trump linking paracetamol, vaccines to autism

WHO has responded to remarks made on Monday by President Donald Trump in Washington, suggesting that paracetamol use in pregnancy may cause autism.

WHO building
September 22, 2025

UN expert indicts Russian doctors in torture of prisoners

Ms Katzarova said that a Ukrainian soldier injured in captivity underwent a surgery but then the doctor branded his abdomen with the words “Glory to Russia.’’

RUSSIAN FLAG
September 21, 2025

Insecurity: Nigeria must urgently embrace state police, Kalu says

Mr Kalu said that the country’s current centralised policing system was inadequate.

Benjamin Kalu
September 17, 2025

Libya boat blaze killed 50 Sudanese crossing Mediterranean Sea: IOM

All the migrants were reportedly Sudanese nationals fleeing the ongoing humanitarian crisis in their country.

September 16, 2025

UN revises 2026 regular budget proposal downwards over financial crunch

The United Nations has finalised the revised estimates for its 2026 proposed programme budget, outlining more than $500 million in reductions.

UN officials
August 18, 2025

Akpabio returns to Nigeria after stay in London

Senate President Godswill Akpabio returned to Nigeria on Monday morning, after a brief stay in London.

Godswill Akpabio
July 30, 2025

EU politicians walk out on Putin’s ally at Geneva meeting

Switzerland points out that as the host of international conferences, it must grant exemptions for entry on such occasions.

European union logo
July 29, 2025

Wafaa Abdelatef assumes duty as UNICEF country rep in Nigeria

Ms Abdelatef, prior to her appointment, served as the UNICEF Representative in Somalia

Wafaa Abdelatef