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African 'Mona Lisa' goes on display after 40 years
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Nov 06 (ANI): The USD 1.6 million (Rs 11.67 Crore) 'African Mona Lisa' is finally on display after over 40 years.
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Speedy prosecution for UK-based Nigerians involved in human trafficking
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Lagos, [Nigeria] Sept 19 (NAN/ANI): The British Government has restated its resolve to ensure speedy prosecution of more Nigerians living in the United Kingdom involved in human trafficking.
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Badminton: Manu-Sumeeth win Lagos International title
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], July 23 (ANI): The senior national badminton champions Mannu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy won the men's doubles title at Lagos International Badminton here on Sunday.
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Nigeria: 9 killed in oil tanker explosion
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], Jun 29 (ANI): At least nine persons were killed and five injured when an oil tanker collided with a car and exploded on a busy bridge, setting vehicles ablaze near Lagos city on Thursday.
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UNICEF asks Nigerian authorities to ensure schools' safety
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], Mar 22 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday said that the Nigerian authorities have a duty to ensure the safety of school children especially girls who have been targeted in Boko Haram multiple abductions in the country.
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Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls freed
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], Mar. 22 (ANI): Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the terrorist organisation Boko Haram has freed most of the 110 schoolgirls kidnapped last month in Nigeria.
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Gunmen kill 21 churchgoers in Nigeria
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], Jan 2 (ANI): At least 20 people were killed after gunmen opened fire on them while they were returning from a church in Omoku area of Rivers state, Nigeria.
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Gunmen open fire at community meeting in Nigeria, 11 killed
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], Nov. 8 (ANI): At least 11 people were killed and four others injured after a gunmen opened fire at a community meeting in the central Nigerian Plateau state on Tuesday.
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Sarthak Gandhi strikes silver at Nigeria TT Open
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], Aug. 15 (ANI): India's Sarthak Gandhi registered his best-ever performance as he grabbed runner-up position in the men's singles event at the 2017 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Challenge Seamaster Nigeria Open in Lagos, which concluded on Sunday.
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26 people burnt to death in Nigeria bus accident
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria] May 7 (ANI): Twenty-six people were burnt to death when two buses collided head on along Nigeria's southwest Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday.
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Terror attacks on U.K., U.S. embassies foiled, say Nigerian police
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], Apr 12 (ANI): Nigeria's Secret Police on Wednesday said that it had foiled a plot by Boko Haram terrorists to carry out attacks on embassies of the United Kingdom and the United States as well as other Western targets in the country's capital Abuja.
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VP Ansari arrives in Lagos after Abuja visit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], Sept. 28 (ANI): India's Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari on Wednesday arrived in Lagos from capital city Abuja on the second leg of his four-day official visit to Nigeria.
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