UN Archives - Security Digest https://securitydigestng.com/tag/un/ Reporting Nigeria security Fri, 08 Sep 2023 08:17:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://securitydigestng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Security-Digest-Favicon-32x32.png UN Archives - Security Digest https://securitydigestng.com/tag/un/ 32 32 Photo News: UNISFA Force Commander decorates promoted Nigerian Officers https://securitydigestng.com/2023/09/08/photo-news-unisfa-force-commander-decorates-promoted-nigerian-officers/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 07:52:11 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=19988 Captain Hammanga being decorated by UNISFA Commander, Gen Sawyer Acting Head of Mission/Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA), Maj Gen Benjamin Sawyer, while on a visit to the Nigerian base, took time to decorate three newly promoted Officers of the Nigerian Army. Among those decorated is Captain AU Hammanga […]

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]]> Boko Haram landmines Kill 755 civilians, injure 1,321 in 6 years https://securitydigestng.com/2023/04/06/boko-haram-landmines-kill-755-civilians-injure-1321-in-6-years/ https://securitydigestng.com/2023/04/06/boko-haram-landmines-kill-755-civilians-injure-1321-in-6-years/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 08:19:19 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=19623 Boko Haram Landmines Kill 755 civilians, injure 1,321 in 6 years The United Nations Mine Action Services (UNMAS) in collaboration with the Centre for Social Cohesion Peace and Empowerment (CENSCOPE) and other partners said 755 people have been killed by landmine over the last six years in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. It urged the […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2023/04/06/boko-haram-landmines-kill-755-civilians-injure-1321-in-6-years/feed/ 0 UN Secretary-General in Maiduguri, Says Boko Haram/ISWAP Will Soon Disappear https://securitydigestng.com/2022/05/04/secretary-general-maiduguri/ https://securitydigestng.com/2022/05/04/secretary-general-maiduguri/#respond Wed, 04 May 2022 15:18:18 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=18551 UN Secretary-General In Maiduguri, Says Boko Haram/ISWAP Will Soon Disappear The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Tuesday visited a rehabilitation centre for victims of Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa Province ISWAP) and an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. During the visit, Gutteres, who showed concern over the […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2022/05/04/secretary-general-maiduguri/feed/ 0 UN Humanitarian Coordinator Gravely Concerned Over Recent Helicopter Attack https://securitydigestng.com/2020/07/05/un-humanitarian-coordinator-gravely-concerned-over-recent-helicopter-attack/ https://securitydigestng.com/2020/07/05/un-humanitarian-coordinator-gravely-concerned-over-recent-helicopter-attack/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:29:38 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=15147 UN Humanitarian Coordinator Gravely Concerned Over Recent Helicopter Attack  The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, in a statement on Saturday expressed concern over the attack on the UNHAS aircraft in Damasak, Borno State, on Thursday. Kallon said, “I am gravely concerned about reports of another violent attack by non-state armed groups in […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2020/07/05/un-humanitarian-coordinator-gravely-concerned-over-recent-helicopter-attack/feed/ 0 UN Helicopter Comes Under Gunfire In Borno https://securitydigestng.com/2020/07/04/un-helicopter-comes-under-gunfire-in-borno/ https://securitydigestng.com/2020/07/04/un-helicopter-comes-under-gunfire-in-borno/#respond Sat, 04 Jul 2020 14:32:47 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=15120 UN Helicopter Comes Under Gunfire In Borno  A United Nations humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) helicopter came under fire in Damasak, Mobbar local government in the volatile northern Borno region. The helicopter was able to return to Maiduguri airbase shortly after the attack on Thursday 2, July 2020. The UNHAS was supporting a World Food Programme […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2020/07/04/un-helicopter-comes-under-gunfire-in-borno/feed/ 0 Renewed Boko Haram Activities in Borno Worrisome –UN https://securitydigestng.com/2020/06/12/renewed-boko-haram-activities-in-borno-worrisome-un/ https://securitydigestng.com/2020/06/12/renewed-boko-haram-activities-in-borno-worrisome-un/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2020 08:22:00 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=14741 Renewed Boko Haram Activities in Borno Worrisome –UN The United Nations has said report of Tuesday’s killing of 81 people by Boko Haram in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria is worrisome. A statement on Thursday by the United Nations’ Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon said: “I am outraged and incensed by incoming reports of […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2020/06/12/renewed-boko-haram-activities-in-borno-worrisome-un/feed/ 0 Government Partners EU, UN others  to Combat Violence against Women, Girls https://securitydigestng.com/2020/06/08/government-partners-eu-un-others-to-combat-violence-against-women-girls/ https://securitydigestng.com/2020/06/08/government-partners-eu-un-others-to-combat-violence-against-women-girls/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2020 17:37:28 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=14690 Government Partners EU, UN others  to Combat Violence against Women, Girls Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, says that the Nigerian government is committed to the global effort at decreasing violence against women and girls by intensifying collaborations with international partners in the fight against the scourge. Agba restated […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2020/06/08/government-partners-eu-un-others-to-combat-violence-against-women-girls/feed/ 0 How Boko Haram is funded – UN https://securitydigestng.com/2018/08/16/how-boko-haram-is-funded-un/ https://securitydigestng.com/2018/08/16/how-boko-haram-is-funded-un/#respond Thu, 16 Aug 2018 09:46:58 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=14253 The predominance of the cash economy is a major factor fuelling the nefarious activities of the Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the Lake Chad Basin region, a UN report has revealed. This was contained in the 22nd Report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, pursuant to resolution 2368 (2017) concerning Islamic […]

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