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This Caribbean island nation is faced with widespread insecurity and increasingly severe poverty. About 1.4 million people were forced to flee their homes, mostly because of violence perpetrated by gangs. According to UNESCO‘S Observatory of Murdered Journalists 14 media workers have been killed in Haiti since 2021. In front of World Press Freedom Day marked annually on May 3, UN …

Three workers from Ekiti Local Government Area of ​​Kwara State have reportedly lost their lives in a road accident while returning from the May Day rally held in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on May 1, 2026. Six others also reportedly suffered varying degrees of injuries and are said to be receiving treatment in hospital. Blueprint.ng gathered that the incident …

That UN80 Initiative is a system-wide reform effort to make the UN more effective, coherent, and better equipped to deliver results in a changing world On the occasion of his upcoming retirement, UN News spoke with Mr Tharyat about the role of the UN development system in middle-income countries like Indonesia and how to leverage its partnership with the UN. …

Rising insecurity and instability around key Gulf routes, including the Strait of Hormuz, is raising prices of basic goods and delaying deliveries of vital supplies, the UN refugee agency said (UNHCR) spokesperson Carlotta Wolf notified journalists in Geneva. “Increasing costs of transportation, food and fuel disproportionately impacting people already living in a state of emergency, including millions of refugees and …

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi The Guild of Online Corporate Publishers (GOCOP) has congratulated the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on his 60th birthday. In a statement jointly signed by its president, Danlami Nmodu, mni and general secretary, Sufuyan Ojeifo, the guild recognized Idris’ career as a journalist, editor and public …

The world of retail trading in Nigeria has changed a lot in recent years, but there is one thing that continues to surprise many people: MT4 is still everywhere. New platforms come with sharper designs, bigger promises, and longer feature lists, but many traders still return to the same terminals they learned from years ago. That says something important. In …

Toba Ogunremi, a Nigerian entrepreneur and healthcare professional based in the UK, has funded life-saving emergency surgeries and paid hospital bills for 43 destitute pregnant women and new mothers in Ogun State, in a targeted intervention aimed at reducing preventable maternal deaths. The initiative, carried out in selected public health facilities in the state, addressed critical obstetric emergencies including cesarean …

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The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) leadership selection committee has confirmed the exit of some senior officials, following the expiry of their terms as part of an ongoing transition within the Forum. In a statement issued to journalists in Kaduna on Saturday by the Chairman of the ACF Leadership Selection Committee, Brigadier General Haliru Akilu (rtd), the committee said it made …

The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) Worldwide, Galleon Bay Deck, has officially commissioned educational interventions at LEA Primary School, Mpape, Abuja. The intervention, worth about N100 million, resulted in the complete renovation and furnishing of three classroom blocks consisting of nine classrooms, the rehabilitation and reinstallation of a solar powered borehole system, and the distribution of 844 school uniforms and …