At least four schools in the western Indian city of Jaipur Monday received bomb threats, prompting school administrations to evacuate students and call police, officials said. The threat received over emails claimed that explosives had been planted on school premises. Police swung into action and dispatched multiple bomb...
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The Federal Government of Nigeria,as part of its participation at the just-concluded G20 Summit joined forces with the Indian government to understudy their digital economy,share knowledge and foster more collaborations. The move was to ensure that the vision of President Bola Tinubu of creating one million digital jobs...
Tony Elumelu, Group Chairman, Heirs Holdings, has urged indian investors to channel their resources towards the Nigerian economy, saying this is the best time to invest in Nigeria. According to a statement in Lagos on Sunday, Elumelu wooed the investors at the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference in New...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday in New Delhi, India, expressed Nigeria’s commitment to play a major role within the G-20 and contribute to shaping a more equitable world. Addressing world leaders at the 18th G-20 Leaders’ Summit, the Nigerian leader called for...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said it was “special’’ to be visiting India again, a country which he revealed referrred to him as its son-in-law. The Conservative Party leader is due to arrive in New Delhi on Friday ahead of the weekend’s G20 summit. He is the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu, who is currently in India for the G-20 Summit, has shared his conviction with Nigerians during an interaction with them on Thursday evening. The President called on Nigerians to harness the country’s rich diversity as a uniquely powerful tool...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has secured three billion U S dollars investment pledge from Indian investors, to boost steel industry in the country. President Tinubu secured the investment pledge during the Nigeria-India economic roundtable in India. Mr Abdullahi Haruna, Special...
President Bola Tinubu has pledged that Nigeria would give the best returns for any new investment as well as create best business friendly incentives for foreign businesses. The president said this at the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference in New Delhi, India as part of activities on sidelines of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Undeterred by jetlag from a long intercontinental journey, President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, arrived in New Delhi to the immediate embrace of Mr. Prakash Hinduja , the Chairman and CEO of the Hinduja Group of Companies, a conglomerate with a total asset portfolio...
President Bola Tinubu has arrived New Delhi, India, for a six-day official visit, to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit and other engagements. Tinubu was accompanied on the trip by top government officials, including ministers and Presidential aides. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president...
The government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should without delay toe the path of India government which recently imposed restrictions on import of laptops, tablets, all-in-one personal computers and ultra-small computers and servers with immediate effect. This is in the spirit of product nationalism whereby countries deliberately promote patronage...
At least eight people were killed and several others injured due to lightning in India’s eastern state of Odisha, state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said Tuesday. On Monday afternoon, heavy rains accompanied by lightning strikes hit many parts of the state. “Capital city Bhubaneswar experienced very...
At least 25 people were killed and eight others injured in western India when a bus crashed and caught fire on an expressway early Saturday. The bus was travelling to the city of Pune when it hit a pole and overturned after midnight, causing its diesel...
Guinness World Records has confirmed India, with an estimated population of over 1.425 billion people, has become the most populated country in the world. According to new figures from the United Nations’ Population Division and quoted by Guinness World Records, India’s number of residents is estimated to be 1,425,775,850....
India will soon replace China as the world’s most populous country, according to estimates by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). By the middle of 2023, India will have almost 3 million more people than China, according to data from the organisation’s World Population Report published on Wednesday. According...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday, received 191 stranded Nigerians from India. The returnees, who were evacuated by NEMA on behalf of the Federal Government, arrived in an Ethiopian Airlines chartered flight, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 4:40 p.m. They were received by a...
At least 22 people have died and several others have been hospitalised in India after drinking toxic alcohol, authorities said Thursday. The deaths happened mainly in two villages in the eastern state of Bihar, where the sale and consumption of liquor are prohibited. Such bans are in force in...
U.S. online retailer Amazon on Monday said that it would shut down its wholesale distribution business in India as it moved to focus more on its core retail business. Amazon Distribution, its wholesale e-commerce website available to small neighbourhood stores in Bengaluru, Mysore and Hubli, was designed to help...
No fewer than 53 people were drowned in India’s eastern state of Bihar during the four-day Hindu festival, Chhath Puja, local media reported on Wednesday. The drownings have taken place in rivers and other water bodies across various districts of the state during the four-day festival. “As many as...
Nigeria’s Flamingos have qualified for the semifinal of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India after beating the USA this evening. The Flamingos won 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes of regulation time. Onamuzo Edafe gave Nigeria the lead just after 25 minutes. ...