Nigeria, Sept. 25 -- Vice-President Kashim Shettima has warned against a world where propaganda shields perpetrators from justice, saying such a situation undermines the essence of the United Nations.

Shettima spoke on Thursday in New York while delivering President Bola Tinubu's address at the general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

The Vice-President also called for a radical reform of the global order, including the restructuring of the United Nations Security Council to give Africa permanent representation.

He said the current distribution of power at the UN remained a reflection of 1945 and no longer suited present realities.

"The reform of this institution must begin with the reconstitu...