Nigeria
- Business
G20 Summit: Indian edtech platform LeverageEdu invests to skill Nigerian youth
New Delhi: Edtech platform LeverageEdu on Saturday announced to invest 800 million Nigerian naira (about Rs 8.5 crore) around the sidelines of the G20 Summit, as it expands further operations in Nigeria.…
- Hyderabad
3 foreign drug peddlers held in Hyderabad with cocaine, MDMA
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) sleuths, along with Banjara Hills police, on Friday arrested three foreign nationals and a local resident on charges of peddling drugs. The joint police team also…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Pharma firm owner duped of Rs 87L by 4 cyber fraudsters
Hyderabad: Cyber Crimes Unit of Hyderabad arrested four persons from Mumbai including a Nigerian national for allegedly cheating a pharmaceutical researcher and manufacturer of Rs 87 lakhs. The accused have been identified…
- India
Efforts on to bring back 16 Indian sailors from Nigeria: Union Minister
Kochi: Union Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan, on Saturday said that all efforts are going on at various levels to bring back the 16 Indian sailors on board a Norwegian…
- World
612 people killed in floods across Nigeria
Abuja: The Nigerian government said 612 people have died and 3,219,780 others have been adversely impacted as a result of flooding in the country since the beginning of the monsoon season this…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh may become another Nigeria, says TDP leader
Amaravati: Former Andhra Pradesh minister for finance, and senior TDP leader, Yanamla Ramakrishnudu has said if Jagan Mohan Reddy continues as the chief minister, the state will soon turn into another Nigeria.…
- World
19 killed in Nigeria road accident: Official
Abuja: At least 19 people were killed and eight others seriously injured in a road accident involving three vehicles in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja, traffic police said. The tragedy happened as…
- Hyderabad
Nigeria introduces Hyderabad’s Bharat Biotech’s vaccine for children
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), a global leader in vaccine innovation and developer of vaccines for infectious diseases, announced its rotavirus oral vaccine ROTAVAC® has been introduced by Nigeria to immunize its…
- Bangalore
32 foreign nationals detained in Bengaluru for staying illegally
Bengaluru: The Karnataka police in a crackdown on foreigners staying illegally in Bengaluru, have detained 32 foreigners including 13 women, the police said on Tuesday. Police sources said that all the foreign…
- World
Three killed, 19 injured in explosion in east Nigeria
Lagos: At least three people were killed and 19 others were injured when an explosion hit east Nigeria’s Taraba state, local police said. The incident happened on Tuesday at a crowded restaurant…
- World
Death toll of Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria rises to 123
Abuja: The death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria this year has risen to 123 amid ongoing measures by the government to reduce infections across the country, the Nigeria Center for Disease…
- World
Nigeria lifts ban on Twitter after 7 months
Abuja: The Nigerian government has lifted the ban on Twitter, imposed in June last year, saying the micro-blogging platform has agreed to set “a legal entity” in the west African nation during…
