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Development Health Advice 

Coronavirus update: UN scales back major conference

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The move came following a recommendation from UN Secretary-General António Guterres to Member States, on February 29, to amend the format of the 64th session of the conference, which was originally due to last several days (March 9 to March 20), and would have welcomed representatives of Member States, UN entities and non-governmental organizations from around the world. On Monday,… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Coronavirus COVID-19 wipes $50 billion off global exports in February alone, as IMF pledges support for vulnerable nations

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In remarks made at a joint press conference with the head of the World Bank Group, the IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, said that the UN-backed global funds would make up the shortfall, in effect, by offering to inject around $50 billion into low-income and emerging market nations, pending requests for support. “Thanks to the generosity of our shareholders, we have about $1… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Yemen: UN Population Fund stresses women’s needs, amidst world’s worst humanitarian crisis 

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The new fighting exacerbates displacement caused by renewed clashes involving pro-Government forces and Houthi rebels around Marib, Sana’a and Al Jawf Governorates, which forced 5,000 families to flee their homes, according to a situation update from UNFPA, the UN Population Fund, which focuses on sexual and reproductive health.   Yemen is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and displaced persons remain in need of protection, shelter and lifesaving health services.   Intense fighting… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Stop making love in the dark – Gospel singer, Patience Akpabio advises women

Village Reporter,
Gospel singer, Patience Akpabio took to Facebook to share her thoughts about making love in the dark, an act she insisted must stop. According to the gospel singer, children produced in the dark have a different view about that the world than those produced in light. Patience Akpabio urged couples to ensure there is light in the room whilst making… Read More
Human Rights 

World remains a ‘violent, highly discriminatory place’ for girls

Village Reporter
While there have been remarkable gains for girls in education, little headway has been made to help shape a more equal, less violent environment for them, warned the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), together with UN Women and the non-governmental organization Plan International in their report, A New Era for Girls: Taking stock on 25 years of progress. “25 years ago,… Read More
Development Health Advice 

‘We can’t stop COVID-19 without protecting health workers’: WHO chief

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Speaking to the media in Geneva, WHO chief Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus said that “we can’t stop COVID-19 without protecting our health workers”. He warned that shortages of supplies such as gloves, medical masks, respirators, and aprons, are leaving doctors, nurses and other frontline healthcare workers “dangerously ill-equipped” to give proper care to patients. Major increase in equipment production needed In… Read More
Human Rights 

Myanmar doing too little to ensure displaced Rohingya return: UN refugee agency chief

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Speaking on the sidelines of the 2020 Joint Response Plan (JRP) launch for 855,000 ethnic Rohingya, and the more than 444,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in host communities, Mr. Grandi urged Myanmar to take quicker action to help the displaced to return home. “The solution continues to be in Myanmar”, said the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). “The problem is that things… Read More
Human Rights 

No country is free from child sexual abuse, exploitation, UN’s top rights forum hears

Village Reporter
In a report to Member States at the UN’s top rights forum, independent expert Maud de Boer-Buquicchio reiterated concerns about protection gaps for children who are increasingly using the internet at a younger age. She warned that while the growth of the internet had benefited people’s lives in many ways, it has also offered “secrecy, anonymity and opacity” to perpetrators… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

‘I Made More Than N200m For My Former Record Label’- Solid Star

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Joshua Iniyezo, popularly known as Solid Star has made a shocking revelation that he made more than N200 million for his former record company, Achievas Records. Solid Star accused his former label boss, Paul Cole Chiori, a Nigerian media entrepreneur and music executive of always wanting to see him sad. He wrote: “I’ve been nothing but good to you and… Read More
Development Health Advice 

COVID-19: ‘Top priority’ must be on containment, insists WHO’s Tedros

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In total, 61 countries outside China have reported 8,739 cases of infection with 127 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General said. Our message to all countries is: this is not one-way street. We can push this #coronavirus back. Your actions now will determine the course of the #COVID19 outbreak in your country. There’s no choice but to act now.… Read More
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