Foreign
UN scribe wants global economic model to promote greater social justice
February 20, 2012 22:26
NAN-F-1 Justice By Edwin Nwachukwu United Nations, Feb. 21, 2012 (NAN) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday advised leaders to tap into the spirit of recent public protests worldwide against inequality with a view to ensuring greater social justice for all. The UN scribe, in a message marking World Day of Social Justice, which is observed on Feb. 20 each year, also urged... please sign in to read the full story
$50bn exported illegally from Africa annually -- Mbeki
February 18, 2012 23:06
NAN-F-2 Panel Johannesburg, Feb. 19, 2012 (NAN) Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, says an estimated 50 billion dollars is exported from Africa illegally every year. Mbeki made the statement in Johannesburg at the inauguration of a UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) investigative panel, saying such money could be used to develop the continent. UNECA... please sign in to read the full story
Nigerians living abroad contribute immensely to governance – Parliamentarian
February 17, 2012 15:06
(Audio attached) Nigerians living abroad contribute immensely to governance – Parliamentarian NAN-F-10 Diaspora By Edwin Nwachukwu New York, Feb. 17, 2012 (NAN) Nigerians living abroad are contributing immensely to good governance in the country, Hon. Bethel Amadi, the Vice President of Parliament, Pan-African Parliament, has said. Amadi said this in an interview with the... please sign in to read the full story
99,000 pilgrims performed the 2011 Hajj--Commission
February 12, 2012 14:30
NAN-F-3 Muslim By Ekemini Yemi-Ladejobi London, Feb. 12, 2012 (NAN) The Nigerian Hajj Commission said on Sunday that 99,000 pilgrims performed the 2011 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Malam Muhammad Bello, chairman of the Commission, said this at the World Hajj and Umrah Convention in London. Bello, who led the Nigerian delegation, said 89,000 were from the 36 states and the FCT while... please sign in to read the full story
UNMISS plans to reintegrate former soldiers in South Sudan
February 09, 2012 22:36
NAN-F-1 Reintegration By Edwin Nwachukwu United Nations, Feb. 10, 2012 (NAN) The UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) says it will construct a training centre in the west of the country to disarm former soldiers and reintegrate them into civilian life. The mission said in a statement issued at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday that the former soldiers would... please sign in to read the full story
