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Ms. Leilana Fartha, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Adequate Housing, on Monday advised the federal government of Nigeria to impose vacant home taxes with a view to addressing housing challenges in the country. Fartha at a news conference in Abuja expressed concern over the human rights crisis presented by poor living conditions in Nigeria’s informal settlements. According to ...

Total sum of N4.003 billion has been proposed for the rehabilitation and provision of additional security measures for the United Nations (UN) building located in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, in 2018. The proposed amount for the UN building was part of total sum of N40.297 billion proposed in the 2018 budget proposal presented to the House Committee on FCT, chaired ...

Independent says that the United Nations has designated the first Monday of October of every year as World Habitat Day. The theme for World Habitat Day 2 October 2017 is Housing Policies: Affordable Homes. In a statement by Dr. Joan Clos, Un-Habitat Executive Director, the purpose of World Habitat Day is to reflect on the state of our towns and cities, ...

Every country can’t be like the United Kingdom, United States of America, France or Spain. There are some countries that hardly receive visitors. Most of the countries that make up the top 10 least visited countries in the world are actually Island nations. Here are the top 10 least visited countries in the world: 1. TUVALU Annual visitors: 1k Tuvalu is ...

According to Business Day, Nigeria has led advocacy campaign for the promotion of women’s property rights in Africa, saying it is a panacea to achieving women economic empowerment in the continent. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, hosted Africa’s women parliamentarians at a side event at the ongoing UN Commission on the ...

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, on Thursday, announced Nigeria’s Environment minister, Amina Mohammed, as his Deputy Secretary-General. The Nation reports that Guterres made the announcement through the spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr. Stephane Dujarric. Guterres also announced the duo of Ms. Maria Viotti of Brazil and Ms. Kyung-wha Kang of the Republic of Korea into high-profile positions at the UN. ...

After the success of its pilot implementation via an innovative, two-track approach consisting of actions by the Federal Government and Cross River State Government, the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD+) may soon be expanded to include three more states in the country. No fewer than eight states of the federation are jostling ...