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Jaishankar receives Nigerian NSA Babagana Monguno
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday received Nigerian National Security Adviser (NSA) Babagana Monguno and acknowledged the shared traditions, strong solidarity and common aspirations between the two countries.
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UNGA adopts resolution to mark 2023 as 'International Year of Millets'
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New York [US], March 3 (ANI): The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution tabled by India along with Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia and Senegal to mark 2023 as the 'International Year of Millets'.
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Nigeria receives over 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from India
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Abuja [Nigeria], March 2 (ANI): Nigeria on Tuesday received 3.92 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' from the Serum Institute of India (SII).
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Nigeria receives Made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines under 'Vaccine Maitri' in
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Abuja [Nigeria], March 2 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Tuesday informed that Nigeria received the Made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines under the 'Vaccine Maitri' programme.
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All kidnapped Nigerian students released
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Abuja [Nigeria], March 2 (ANI/Xinhua): All Nigerian students kidnapped from their boarding school on Friday in the north-western state of Zamfara have been released, a local official said on Tuesday.
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10 killed in gunmen attack in northern Nigeria
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Lagos [Nigeria], March 2 (ANI/Xinhua): At least ten people were killed by unidentified gunmen in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna, a government official said Monday.
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Road accident kills 9, injures 41 in Nigeria
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Abuja [Nigeria], March 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Nine people were killed and 41 others injured in a road accident involving multiple vehicles in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kano on Sunday, a local official said.
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42 people including students abducted from school in Nigeria released
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Lagos [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): At least 42 people, including students, who were kidnapped last week in an armed raid at a state-run school in Kagara in Niger state, northwest Nigeria, have been released, the vice-principal of the school, Mallam Saidu said on Saturday.
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UN calls for immediate release of 317 girls abducted from school in Nigeri
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Abuja [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday called for the immediate release of several hundred schoolgirls kidnapped from a secondary school in northwest Nigeria.
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Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram terrorists, retake 'lost' town: Army spoke
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Abuja [Nigeria], February 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian troops killed some Boko Haram terrorists while retaking a town "lost" to them earlier in the country's northeast region, said a spokesman for the Army on Tuesday.
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CCB arrests two Nigerian nationals in Bengaluru, ecstasy pills seized
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 23 (ANI): The Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested two Nigerian nationals for alleged drug peddling in the Indiranagar area here.
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Gunmen kill 3 policemen, abduct civilian in southeast Nigeria
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Abuja [Nigeria], February 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Three policemen were killed when gunmen attacked a zoological garden in southeast Nigeria, authorities said on Monday.
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