Tag: Nigerian
Nigerian President congratulates new WTO chief
Abuja, Feb 16 | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as the director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO).In...
US endorses ex-Nigerian FM to be next WTO chief
Washington, Feb 6 | The US has "expressed its strong support" for Nigeria's former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to be the next Director-General of...
Nigerian peddler swallows drug pellets when nabbed by NCB
Mumbai, Jan 18 | In a new modus operandi, a Nigerian with drugs concealed in his mouth, swallowed the cocaine pellets when a team...
Nigerian forward Bright Enobakhare joins East Bengal
Panaji, Jan 1 | : SC East Bengal have announced the signing of 22-year-old Nigerian forward Bright Enobakhare for the 2020-21 Hero Indian Super...
344 abducted Nigerian students released: Official
Abuja, Dec 18 | At least 344 students who were kidnapped from a school in Nigeria's Katsina state have been released, a government official...
Nigerian Prez orders immediate reopening of land borders
Abuja, Dec 17 | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate reopening of the country's four land borders which were shut 16 months...
Guterres condemns attack on Nigerian school
United Nations, Dec 14 | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned an attack on a secondary school in Nigeria's Katsina state and the...
Guterres condemns killing of Nigerian rice farmers
United Nations, Nov 30 | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the deadly attack against rice farmers carried out by suspected Boko Haram militants...
Nigerian Prez condemns attack in northeastern state
Abuja, Nov 29 | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned an attack on farmers in the northeastern state of Borno, which has reportedly killed...
Nigerian pursuing MBA arrested for house thefts in Delhi
New Delhi, Nov 8 | A Nigerian national has been arrested by Delhi Police for involvement in at least five house theft cases and...
ISL: Nigerian international Stephen Eze joins Jamshedpur FC
Jamshedpur, Sep 10 | Current Nigerian international Stephen Eze has put pen to paper for Jamshedpur Football Club, the team said in a statement...
Manchester United extend Nigerian Ighalo’s loan deal
Manchester, June 1 | English Premier League giants Manchester United on Monday announced that they have reached an agreement with Shanghai Greenland Shenhua to...
Nigerian gets 5 years in jail for cheating Kolkata man
Kolkata, Feb 29 | A Nigerian national has been sentenced to five years in prison by a court here for cheating a man of...
Popular Nigerian Seven’s footballer taken into custody
Kozhikode, Feb 16 | Hugely popular Nigerian sevens footballer O.K. Emmanuel was picked up by Nagpur police based on an arrest warrant against him.The...