President Muhammadu Buhari will today (Sunday) depart for New York to participate in the 73rd Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA73) which officially opened September 18, 2018. The theme for this year’s Session is: “Making the United Nations relevant to all People: Global Leadership and Shared Responsibilities for Peaceful, Equitable and Sustainable Societies.” The […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will address the 73rd Session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Buhari would deliver Nigeria’s National Statement on the first day of the general debate of the General Assembly high-level events. The Nigerian leader has been placed […]
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The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to denounce President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, largely ignoring Trump’s threats to cut off aid to any country that went against him. The nonbinding resolution declaring U.S. action on Jerusalem “null and void” was approved 128-9 – a victory for the Palestinians, but not […]
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Following Nigeria’s President speech at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly session, UNGA17, the United Nations, on Friday, took action of providing an estimated 200 million dollars to help Rohingya Muslims refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in “massive numbers” to escape a bloody military campaign. Recall that President Buhari had, during the […]
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The President, Muhammadu Buhari has left New York for the United Kingdom. Buhari left New York on Thursday where he attended the 72nd United Nations General Assembly meeting. The President on Tuesday addressed the gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States. He pledged Nigeria’s solidarity to the […]
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President Donald Trump’s debut speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly: ___ Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. President, world leaders and distinguished delegates, welcome to New York. It is a profound honor to stand here in my home city, as a representative of the American people, to address the people of the world. As millions of our […]
Read More Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari urged fellow leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to condemn Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya people. Comparing the situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine province to the massacres in Bosnia in 1995 and Rwanda in 1994, the leader of Africa’s most populous nation declared: “The international community cannot remain silent.” More […]
Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari left Abuja on Sunday for New York, to join other world leaders at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 72). While in the United States, Buhari will have a lunch meeting with President Donald Trump. According to a statement by Mr. Femi Adesina, the President’s special adviser on […]
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Great progress has been made since 1990 in alleviating global poverty, but much remains to be done, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said in a report out Wednesday. The foundation set up by the billionaire Microsoft co-founder plans to issue annual reports monitoring progress toward reaching a series of global sustainable development goals established […]
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ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI GCFR, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE UNITED STATES – AFRICA BUSINESS FORUM, NEW YORK, USA, 21st SEPTEMBER, 2016 Protocol 1. I am delighted to be present here today at the 2nd edition of the United States–Africa Business Forum. I wish to thank the United States […]
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE 71ST SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEW YORK, USA 20 SEPTEMBER 2016 The President of the General Assembly His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson The Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. Ban Ki-moon Your Excellencies Heads of State […]
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US President Barack Obama has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic reforms, describing them as “bold”. He made the commendation when he met with Buhari on the sideline of the ongoing 71st UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. He said America would continue to offer support to Nigeria in areas of agricultural development, recovery of […]
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