Japan notifies UN of fuel transfers by North Korean tanker

Japan’s foreign ministry said Tuesday it has notified the United Nations Security Council of suspected ship-to-ship…

Gulf of Guinea: Nigeria, others lose $777m annually to piracy — UN  

A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reveals that Nigeria…

UN: Nigeria lost $2.8bn to oil-related crimes in 2018 

The United Nations says Nigeria lost an estimated $2.8 billion in revenue in 2018, mainly due…

UN says Nigerian migrants face unimaginable horrors in Libya

The United Nations has released a new report, which detailed the unimaginable horrors Nigerian migrants were…

UN appoints Amaechi into board of Road Safety Trust Fund

  By Omotilewa Quadri  The United Nations on Thursday inaugurated Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi,…

1,500 migrants died in Mediterranean in 2018 – UN

The UN says for the fifth straight year, 1,500 migrants perished in the Mediterranean, with the…

UN urges action against $50bn illegal funds from Africa

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has urged the international community to take action against the flow…

People smuggling worth $7bn a year – UN

  The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its Global Study on Smuggling…

UN seeks EU asylum reform over handling of migrant ship

  U.N. Refugee Chief, Filippo Grandi, on Wednesday urged the European Union to sort out its…

17m Africans left the continent in 2017, says UN

No fewer than 17 million Africans left the continent in 2017 in search of greener pastures,…

Traffickers kill 12 migrants fleeing Libya camp- UN

The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that more than 12 migrants were shot dead…

140 African migrants escape from their captors in Libya, UN says

About 140 East African migrants escaped from smugglers holding them captive near the Libyan town of…