President Bola Tinubu will address the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, 19 September. President Tinubu, in his first outing to the Assembly, will address world leaders in the evening. The president would be the fifth African leader to speak on day one of the session, according to …

The UN General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council in response to Russian forces’ alleged killings of civilians in Ukraine. Nigeria and 57 other member-states however abstained. The resolution received a two-thirds majority in the 193-member Assembly, with 93 nations voting in favour and 24 against. Fifty-eight abstained from the process. Thursday’s historical vote on …