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India To Partner NYSC On Capacity Building For Corps Members
By Joel Ajayi The Republic of India has stated its readiness to offer capacity building training for Corps Members. It also said it would strenghten its cooperation with Nigeria on youth empowerment. In a press statement issued by the Director,
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Graft: Justice Ministry Shields Indian Family From Extradition
By Yahaya Umar Nigeria’s Attorney-General rebuffed an Indian request for an extradition, arguing that the case appeared to be politically motivated. Members of famous Indian family, The Sandesaras, on the run for tax evasion, loan fraud, and other alleged offences
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Indian COVID-19: Variant As Loose Cannon
Nigeria has reported the Indian variant of the coronavirus, according to reports from local health authorities and World Health Organization, WHO, amid fears across the country that Nigeria with its similarities to India, could end up as a worst case
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How India’s Second Wave Became Worst COVID-19 Surge
During the past few weeks, Indian social media has been inundated with SoS messages: hospitals tweeting about dwindling oxygen supplies and physicians watching helplessly as patients perish from preventable deaths. A journalist pleading for but denied a hospital bed took
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COVID-19: Indian Lockdown Triggers Humanitarian Crisis
In India, a three-week lockdown to stop spread of coronavirus has triggered a humanitarian crisis. According to BBC, streets around the Indian capital Delhi have been filled with people walking to reach their villages in neighbouring states. Meanwhile, Police fired
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El-Zakzaky Went To India To ‘Flex Life’, Not Medical Treatment – FG
BY MOSES OKORIE The Nigerian government has revealed that the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibraheem El-Zakzaky had ulterior motive for going to India and not solely for medical treatment as granted him by a Kaduna high
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30 Killed In Dust Storm, Heavy Rains In India – Officials
Officials said 30 people died and several others were injured in the rains accompanied with dust-storm in several parts of the country including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Manipur. As many as nine persons, including four children, died in Rajasthan
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India To Open New 18 Embassies In Africa
India plans to open 18 new embassies in Africa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, in the latest sign that the Asian state is seeking to strengthen its presence on the continent. Mr Modi made the announcement during a speech
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Nigerian drug convict who escaped from Indian custody rearrested
A Nigerian drug convict, John Okoro, who fled from police custody in India last Monday, has been re-arrested. Mr. Okoro, 35, was re-arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai police. ANC sources told The Times of India that Mr.
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US charges dozens in India-based call center fraud racket
US justice authorities announced action Thursday to shut down a group of Indian call centers that had cheated victims in the United States of hundreds of millions of dollars. The Justice Department said tens of thousands of victims, most of
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