Tag: Niger
President Launches Pulse Polio Programme
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday launched the Pulse Polio Programme for 2017 under which about 17 crore children of less than five years age will be immunised.....
Boko Haram Violence Leaves Over 7 Million Facing Starvation
Over 7 million people are starving in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria as a result of violence by the Boko Haram terror group, media reported.....
Noida: Another African Assaulted In Greater Noida
A day after four Nigerian students were attacked, an African woman was on Wednesday morning dragged out of a cab and assaulted in Greater Noida, the police said. ....
Kenyan Woman May Have Lied About Attack: Police
A Kenyan woman who claimed she was assaulted by a group of men in Greater Noida may have lied about the attack, police said on Thursday.....
Sushma To Make Statement Over Nigerian Students' Attacks
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is set to make a statement in Parliament next week on the attacks on Nigerian students in Greater Noida, a top official announced on Friday.....
Prejudice And Violence Against Africans Tarnish India's Image
The continued presence of insensate prejudice and brutal violence in public life has again been highlighted by the recent attacks on African students in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, a township near New Delhi.....
Probe On, Can't Call Attack On Nigerians Racist, Says India
India on Wednesday said the attack on Nigerian nationals in Greater Noida could not be called racial till a probe is completed, and termed the statement by African envoys in the matter as "unfortunate and surprising".....
10 People Killed In Nigeria Mosque Attack
At least 10 persons were killed and 20 injured on Monday in a suicide attack that targeted a mosque in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city.....
Failing To Show Visas & Passports, 3 Nigerians To Be Deported
Three Nigerians living in Delhi's Dwarka will be deported as they could not show valid visas or passports for their stay in India, Delhi Police said on Wednesday. ....
7 Killed In Military Plane Crash In Nigeria
Seven persons were killed after a military plane crashed in Abuja, Nigeria's capital on Sunday, an official said. ....
