India accords high-priority to strategic partnership with Nigeria: PM ModiIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a visit to Nigeria, pledged to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two nations. Modi e...
17 Nov, 2024, 05.12 PM IST
Prime Minister Modi's Nigeria visit may shore up defence tiesIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Nigeria aimed to strengthen defense ties between the two nations. Nigeria expressed interest...
17 Nov, 2024, 12.25 AM IST
Nigeria pulls up China for illegal mining ahead of Presidential visit for G20In a rare move, Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry recently complained to the Chinese embassy in Abuja and said that the local government w...
07 Sep, 2023, 08.34 AM IST
Coup in Niger, military officers oust Presiden Mohamed Bazoum; curfew imposed, land & air border closedMohamed Bazoum, Niger's pro-Western and democratically elected leader, rose to power in 2021, but now faces a coup attempt by the President...
27 Jul, 2023, 10.51 AM IST
Nigeria becomes first country to ban foreign models in TV adsThe measure will take effect from October. It is expected to boost the prospects of locals in the advertising industry which has a large ch...
27 Aug, 2022, 05.06 PM IST
India-Nigeria pact to boost Infrastructre, Energy SectorsAnsari underscored the need to synergise its growth strategies with Nigeria in the backdrop of the current global financial situation, sayi...
28 Sep, 2016, 03.28 PM IST
One of the most notoriously violent jihadists on earth may now be out of a jobAbubakr Shekau, leader of the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, had been deposed and replaced by a new leader more open to compromise .
14 Aug, 2015, 12.54 PM IST
Missing Nigerian schoolgirls start second month in captivityMore than 200 schoolgirls began their 2nd month as Boko Haram hostages as intl powers ramped up efforts to track down the Nigerian Islamist...
14 May, 2014, 10.36 PM IST
Nigeria 'willing to talk' to Boko Haram over missing girlsBoko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from the remote northeastern town of Chibok in Borno state on April 14 and 223 are still being held.
14 May, 2014, 01.23 PM IST
Jim Yong Kim to head World Bank, America retains monopolyThe World Bank board of directors said on Monday it chose Dartmouth College President Kim to succeed Robert Zoellick, whose term ends June ...
17 Apr, 2012, 05.55 AM IST
- Three candidates Jim Young Kim, Jose Antonio Ocampo & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in race for World Bank chief
The World Bank has received three nominations for the post of its presidency, including the US President Barack Obama's pick Jim Young Kim.
24 Mar, 2012, 11.58 AM IST
- Nigeria enters 2012 under state of emergency
At least 52 people, including women and children, have been killed in clashes between two rival ethnic communities in southeastern Ebonyi s...
02 Jan, 2012, 02.50 AM IST
- PGCIL executives meet Nigerian Power Minister
The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mahesh Sachdev, led a delegation of representatives from PGCIL and India's National Thermal Power ...
21 Feb, 2011, 01.16 PM IST
- Consortium gets more time to buy Nigeria telecom
A consortium seeking to buy the state-run telecom firm Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd has been given additional 20 days to put together a ...
06 Nov, 2010, 10.56 AM IST
- Nigeria power grid: Power Grid Corp among final bidder
Power Grid Corporation is among the three firms shortlisted by the Nigerian Government to manage the country's electricity grid to be const...
28 Aug, 2010, 02.08 AM IST
- PGCIL faces workers' resistance in Nigeria
The state-run Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) is facing stiff opposition from the workers of a power transmission company in Nigeri...
21 Sep, 2007, 01.38 AM IST
- Mittal loses Nigeria refinery bid
India-born billionaire Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, who wants to make it big in oil after forming the world's largest steel empire, has lost a bid...
18 May, 2007, 02.00 PM IST