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Nigeria suspends airline firm's operations after crash

Lagos, June 6 (IANS) The Nigerian government has suspended the operations of Indian-owned Dana Air, whose aircraft carrying 153 people crashed into a two-storey building in southwestern Lagos State Sunday killing all on board and another 40 on the ground.

 
37 dead as newspaper offices bombed in Nigeria

Lagos, April 26 (IANS) At least 37 people were killed and 100 others injured Thursday when a powerful explosion hit the office of Thisday daily, a leading Nigerian national newspaper, in the capital city Abuja. A second office was bombed in Kaduna state.

 
40 dead as newspaper offices bombed in Nigeria

Lagos, April 26 (IANS) At least 37 people were killed and 100 others injured Thursday when suicide bombers rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the office of This Day daily, a leading Nigerian newspaper, in the capital city Abuja. A second office was bombed in Kaduna state in which three people died.

 
India, Nigeria strengthen ties with Track II dialogue

Lagos, March 16 (IANS) India and the oil-rich Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, have firmed up a Track II dialogue and unveiled new initiatives towards a strategic partnership that includes a joint academic project between leading think tanks of the two countries and joint defence production.

 
Indian firm joins Nigeria's polio battle

Lagos, Feb 23 (IANS) An Indian vaccine maker will now help fight polio in Nigeria, one of the three countries in the world where the crippling disease is still prevalent.

 
Nigerian athletes locked out of stadiums as strike begins

Lagos, Jan 10 (IANS) Nigerian athletes have been locked out of the National Stadium and the Teslim Balogun Stadium, both in southwest Nigeria's Lagos state, in view of the nationwide strike by the labor unions to protest petrol subsidy removal.

 
50 killed in Nigeria violence

Lagos, Jan 1 (IANS) At least 50 people were killed in southeast Nigeria when two groups fought over a piece of land, officials said.

 
Airtel Nigeria to help combat fake drugs

Lagos, Dec 16 (IANS) As part of its corporate social responsibility, Airtel Nigeria, the Nigerian arm of Indian mobile service provider Airtel, is joined forces to fight the huge problem of fake drugs in the West African nation.

 
Airtel Nigeria goes green to power base stations

Lagos, Dec 7 (IANS) Airtel Nigeria is in the midst of a project to put in place 250 solar energy base stations across the country in the first phase as part of its efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by eliminating the use of diesel and petrol to generate power at the base stations, an official said.

 

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