Edward Kallon

Borno Massacre: UN Visits Zabarmari, Victims’ Families

December 2, 2020 3:46 pm

Edward Kallon, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, has paid a condolence visit to Zabarmari village in Borno.

More than 43 farmers of the community were gruesomely murdered by Boko Haram last Saturday at Koshebe.

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In a statement on Wednesday, Kallon said there was no word to describe his feeling.

‘It is with great sadness, but also indignation, that I met the families of the victims of Saturday’s violent attack and their communities to extend my most sincere condolences, on behalf of the United Nations and humanitarian partners, and

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UN condemns Boko Haram attack on Damasak, damage to chopper

U.N. Condemns B-Haram Attack On Damasak, Damage To Chopper

July 5, 2020 3:44 am

The United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, on Saturday, condemned the Boko Haram attack in Damasak, which damaged a humanitarian helicopter.

Kallon in a statement decried the July 2 violent attack in which at least two innocent civilians lost their lives, including a five-year-old child.

Several others were injured, and a humanitarian helicopter was hit, sustaining serious damage.

He extended condolences to the families of the civilians who lost their lives in the attack and wish a prompt recovery to those injured.

Deploring that a UN Humanitarian Air Service helicopter was hit by bullets, Kallon said no

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More And More Nigerians Are Being Born Into Poverty – UN

March 12, 2020 4:30 pm

The United Nations Country Director in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, says more Nigerians are being born into poverty.

Kallon stated this in Abuja yesterday when he led a delegation of the UN on a courtesy visit to Nigerian Senate President Ahmad Lawan. He said Nigeria’s “alarming” population growth without a corresponding economic growth was one of the mega trends affecting development in the country. He said: “The UN is concerned about some mega trends that we feel is affecting Nigeria’s development.