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Delhi: Drug peddler arrested in Janakpuri, 280 gms heroin recovered
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): A team of the Delhi Police Narcotics Cell on Sunday arrested a drug peddler in West Delhi's Janakpuri area and recovered 280 grams of heroin and one scooter.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 4.82 mln
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], May 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,823,795 as of Sunday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Nigerian government declares 156 people missing, four dead over boat misha
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], May 27 (ANI): The Nigerian government has declared 156 people missing in a boat mishap on Wednesday (local time) in northwestern Kebbi state.
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About 140 people missing after boat sinks in Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], May 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Some 140 people went missing after an overcrowded boat carrying some 160 passengers capsized in Nigeria on Wednesday, media said.
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Nigerian Army Chief dies in aircraft crash
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], May 22 (ANI): Nigeria's army chief Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru is said to have died in a plane crash during a visit to the northern state of Kaduna, according to local media reports.
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Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau dies after clash with IS terror group
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is dead after he detonated a suicide vest during an ambush by his rival Islamic State terror group, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing Nigerian officials and intelligence it reviewed from a West Africa
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Two police officers killed in attack in south Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Two police officers were killed when some gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked a police station in a southern state of Nigeria, an official said.
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6 killed after gunmen attack on police station in Nigeria's southern state
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], May 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police confirmed on Sunday a gunmen attack on a police station on Saturday in the southern state of Akwa Ibom, killing six persons, including five police officers and a civilian.
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Merck Foundation partner with Africa Reproductive Care Society (ARCS) to b
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/Lagos [Nigeria], May 5 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KgaA, announced their partnership with Africa Reproductive Care society (ARCS) based in Lagos, Nigeria to build fertility and reproductive tube care capacity, build
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Nigerian national held for cheating senior police officer of Rs 97,000
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Friday arrested a Nigerian national who cheated a senior police officer of Rs 97,000 on the pretext of sending money to his close friend in the United States.
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Gunmen kill 323, kidnap 949 in 3 months in Nigerian state
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kaduna [Nigeria], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 323 people were killed and 949 others kidnapped within three months in a spate of attacks by gunmen who have been on the rampage in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna, an official data released by the government on Friday indicated.
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Experts in Nigeria raise concerns over country's rising indebtedness to Ch
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], April 27 (ANI): Experts in Nigeria have raised concerns over the country's rising indebtedness to China, saying that it is a recipe for economic slavery.
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