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Nigerian President calls on nation to end street protests against police b
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday (local time) called on the people to stop taking to the streets to protest against police violence.
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Merck Foundation together with First Ladies of Nigeria and Ghana announces
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 16 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the winners of "Stay at Home" Media Recognition Awards for Ghana in partnership with Rebecca Akufo-Addo, The First Lady of Ghana and for
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Nigeria in turmoil over China's debt-trap diplomacy
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], August 16 (ANI): Africa's largest economy is in turmoil over the prospect of 'losing' its sovereignty to China over bad debts.
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Nigerian Foreign Minister tests positive for coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], July 19 (ANI): Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has tested positive for coronavirus.
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Air India flight departs with 147 stranded Indians from Benin, Chad
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 15 (ANI): A special Air India flight under the Vande Bharat Mission departed with 147 stranded Indian nationals from Benin and Chad.
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Vande Bharat flight with 231 Indians takes off from Nigeria for Mumbai
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 14 (ANI): An Air Indian flight under Vande Bharat Mission took off from Nigeria on Saturday with 231 stranded Indians for Mumbai.
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Merck Foundation together with African First Ladies announce 'Stay at Home
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/ Abuja [Nigeria], April 7 (ANI/ BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation announces special awards during COVID-19 lockdown and movement restriction, 'Stay at Home' Media Recognition Awards for African Countries to encourage media to be creative and effective in rais
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20 Indians kidnapped last month from Nigeria coast released, 1 dead in cap
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Jan 19 (ANI): The Indian Mission in Nigeria on Sunday said that 20 seafarers who were kidnapped by pirates last month near the Nigerian coast have been released but one of them lost his life due to adverse conditions in captivity.
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Several killed in bridge blast in Nigeria
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Jan 07 (Sputnik/ANI): An explosion occurred in a market on a bridge in Nigeria, killing multiple people and injuring dozens of others, media report.
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Nigeria: ISIS affiliate executes 11 people to 'avenge Baghdadi's killing'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Dec 29 (ANI): An affiliate of the Islamic State in Nigeria has said that it has executed 11 people in retaliation for the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria in October.
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Indian Mission in touch with Nigerian authorities over 18 Indians aboard H
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): The Indian mission in Abuja is in touch with the Nigerian authorities after reports surfaced of 18 Indians on board a Hong Kong-flagged vessel was kidnapped by pirates near the western coast of the African country, government sources told ANI on Thursday.
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Gunmen abduct 6 people in Nigeria's Adamawa
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Oct. 7 (Xinhua/ANI): At least six people were abducted by gunmen at a village in northeast Nigeria, local authorities confirmed on Sunday.
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