India's largest cellular service company Bharti Airtel will invest $600 million in Nigeria's mobile market following its take over of Zain Telecom's African business for around SUD 10.7 billion.
Tahiti suffered a 6-1 thrashing by Nigeria in the Confederations Cup on Monday although the amateurs did find the net as Jonathan Tehau scored at both ends when they made their debut in a major tournament.
The government cannot deal with them directly as they were 'mere criminal elements without any political issue' and money was what all they want in ransom, the ministry said.
Four Indian doctors, who claim they are being forced to treat Ebola patients against their will in Nigeria, want to return home and appealed to the Indian government to facilitate this.
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped an Indian national in Nigeria's restive oil producing Delta region, the police said on Saturday.
Shrugging off the disappointment of a 1-3 semi-final loss to England, Indian men's team spanked Nigeria 3-0 in third place play-off to clinch the bronze in the Commonwealth Games' table tennis competition.
Nigeria, India's largest trading partner in Africa, on Wednesday invited Indian companies to invest substantially in the oil-rich country and promised all necessary help and good business environment.
Gunmen on Friday kidnapped six oil workers, including an Indian, from a petroleum installation in Nigeria's lawless southern crude-pumping region on Friday, officials said.
Para shooter Rubina Francis lights up India's day with bronze at Paris Paralympics on Saturday.
Bajaj Auto reported steady results in Q1FY25, with revenue surging 16 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y), operating profit registering a growth of 24 per cent Y-o-Y, and margins swelling 20.2 per cent. The profitability was aided by 50 basis points (bps) on the accrual of PLI benefits. The domestic prospects for two-wheelers are healthy, though the response to the newly launched CNG motorcycle is a key monitorable.
Spain began their Women's World Cup campaign in scintillating fashion by beating Costa Rica
Nigeria's football team went on strike on Thursday, refusing to leave their hotel in Namibia and missing a flight to Brazil where they are supposed to compete in the Confederations Cup, which gets underway at the weekend.
Nigerian Sports Minister Musa Mohammed is backing his country to win 10 Olympic gold medals at the Athens Games in August.
At least 25 people have been killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting a bus station in northern Nigeria. The blasts occurred on Monday at a inter-city bus station in Kano when three suspected suicide bombers came in a Volkswagen Golf car and rammed their vehicle into one of the buses parked there.
Manika Batra shocked World No. 2 Wang Manyu of China to secure the biggest win of her singles career.
'Many countries believe that if they join BRICS, they will be seen as emerging countries and their stature will be enhanced.' 'G-20 still has common action plans while BRICS does not do that much.'
Nigeria and South Africa both left it late on Sunday to salvage points at the start of their bids to qualify for the World Cup on a day that emphasised the increasing vagaries of the qualifying competition on the African continent.
We all know that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will turn 74 on September 17, but do you know how old these leaders are?
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
ONGC-Mittal combine will invest more than $6 billion in setting up a refinery, power plant and railway lines in Nigeria.\n\n
From India's neighbourhood and extended neighbourhood, presidents of Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Iran, Seychelles and prime ministers of Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mauritius have sent congratulatory greetings to Modi.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is camping in Berlin's Hotel Adlon Kempinski. He will soon meet the president of Nigeria before meeting Hu Jintao, president of China.
Atalanta beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final
Bayer Leverkusen won their first trophy in 31 years with five matches left in the season, snapping Bayern Munich's 11-year stranglehold on the Bundesliga.
The Swede broke his own pole vault world record with a 6.24 metres effort in the first Diamond League meeting.
Nigeria has not seen an official visit by any Indian prime minister since 1962, when the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had visited Lagos. It is quite surprising that despite growing trade links, the two nations have had few top-level bilateral exchanges in the past 45 years.
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympics and refusing to co-operate with the investigation.
Simranjeet Singh and Rajni Etimarpu will lead the men's and women's sides respectively as Hockey India on Sunday named the Indian teams for the upcoming FIH Hockey5s World Cup to be held in Muscat, Oman.
'It's a personal interview, very personal actually, and we have to respect that'
Goalkeeper Ivan Provedel scored in the dying moments of the Champions League Group E match against Atletico Madrid, heading home the equaliser, to earn Lazio a 1-1 draw at Stadio Olimpico, in Rome, on Tuesday.
Bhavina Patel wins gold in women's singles classes 3-5 category
India has now moved up 1 position to 29th.
Indelible ink mark is normally expected to last for three days when applied on the skin but lasts for a few weeks on the fingernail till the nail grows out.
The pilot ejected safely and a court of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident, the IAF said in a brief statement.
Nigerian sprinter Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, who won gold in the 4x100m relay at this year's Commonwealth Games, has been provisionally suspended for the use of banned substances, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Saturday.
Title contenders Germany and Nigeria on Monday qualified for the quarter-finals of the FIFA Women's Under-17 World Cup from Group B with wins over New Zealand and Chile respectively.
The World Cup began with 32 teams competing in a group stage, with teams divided into eight groups of four.
