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October 7, 2026 9:48 PM

Global leaders hail PM Modi’s 25 years as Head of Government, laud leadership and public service

World leaders from across continents on Wednesday extended warm greetings and congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on completing 25 continuous years as Head of Government, marking a political journey that began with his assumption of office as Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001 and continued with his taking over as Prime Minister of India in 2014. Leaders from Nigeria, Bhutan, the Philippines, Nepal, Botswana, Belgium, Japan, Dominica, South Korea and Serbia, among others, highlighted...

October 7, 2026 11:08 PM

PM Modi thanks world leaders for warm wishes on completing 25 years as head of government

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked world leaders for their warm wishes as he completed 25 years as the head of the government. PM Modi thanked Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the warm wishes and expressed readiness to continue cooperation to further strengthen the strategic partnership and advance a shared vision for a more inclusive, prosperous and peaceful world. “Thank you, President Tinubu. India and Nigeria are close partners and leading voices of the Global Sout...

September 13, 2026 7:21 PM

PM Modi meets Nigerian Vice President on sidelines of 18th BRICS Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima Mustapha on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, with the two leaders reviewing the progress of the India-Nigeria Strategic Partnership and discussing ways to further deepen bilateral cooperation. Vice President Shettima is leading Nigeria’s delegation to the BRICS Summit. The delegation includes ministers handling Foreign Affairs; Industry, Trade and Investment; Communication, Innovation and Di...

September 11, 2026 3:49 PM

BRICS Summit 2026: Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima arrives in New Delhi

Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima arrived in New Delhi on Friday ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit, scheduled to be held under India's chairship on September 12 and 13. Nigeria holds the status of a BRICS Partner Country along with Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Earlier, Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu also arrived in New Delhi to attend the summit. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian also arrived in the natio...

September 11, 2026 10:07 AM

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Arrives in Delhi Ahead of BRICS Summit

Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to attend the 18th BRICS Summit, scheduled to be held on September 12-13. Upon her arrival, the Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister was warmly received by senior officials from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Nigeria joined the expanded BRICS framework as a partner country, with its formal admission announced by Brazil during its 2025 BRICS chairship. As Africa's most populous country and one of the...

January 23, 2026 3:55 PM

UN says 35 million Nigerians risk hunger after global funding collapse

Nearly 35 million Nigerians are at risk of hunger this year, including 3 million children facing severe malnutrition, the United Nations said on Thursday, following the collapse of global aid budgets. Speaking at the launch of the 2026 humanitarian plan in Abuja, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Mohamed Malick Fall said the long-dominant, foreign-led aid model in Nigeria is no longer sustainable and that Nigeria's needs have grown. Conditions in the conflict-hit northeast are dire, Fal...

January 19, 2026 10:28 PM

Dozens abducted in Nigeria church attacks; church leader says more than 160 seized

Armed bandits abducted dozens of worshippers from two churches in Nigeria's Kaduna state, police said on Monday, while a senior church leader put the number of those missing at more than 160. Kaduna state police said gunmen armed with "sophisticated weapons" attacked the two churches in Kurmin Wali, a forest community in Afogo ward, at about 11:25 a.m. on Sunday. They said officers were still trying to confirm how many people were taken. A police spokesperson said the area was remote and diffi...

January 16, 2026 9:25 PM

Nigeria’s northeast faces worst hunger in a decade as aid cuts hit region, UN says

Thousands of people in Nigeria's strife-torn northeast are facing the risk of catastrophic food shortages for the first time in nearly a decade, as aid cuts deepen malnutrition across the region, the U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday. Around 15,000 people are at risk in Borno state, the agency said, an area already struggling with years of militant unrest. Across West and Central Africa, 55 million people are facing severe food shortages, with more than three quarters of the people af...

November 30, 2025 2:07 PM

In Tinubu’s Nigeria, police protect VIPs, not children

In Nigeria, people are sleeping with one eye open. That's how scared they are. Ask businesswoman Ifeoma Aneke. "Everybody is so scared, even to sleep, if you are sleeping now I don’t think people are sleeping with their eyes closed," she says. A spate of kidnappings and other violent crimes has shaken the people's faith in policing. "I don’t think anybody feels safe, aside me (not just me), I don’t think anybody feels safe with what is happening in Nigeria presently because, the kidnappin...

November 2, 2025 12:09 PM

Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible "fast" military action in Nigeria if the West African nation fails to crack down on the killing of Christians. The U.S. government will also immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and top oil producer, Trump said in a post on Truth Social. If the United States sends in military forces, it would go in "'guns-a-blazing,' to completely wipe out the Is...