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India has on Saturday began one of the world’s biggest coronavirus vaccination programmes, hoping to end a pandemic that has killed 150,000 people in the country and attacked the economy. Over the coming months, India aims to…

India has on Sunday authorised the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and by local pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech. The new development was announced by the country’s drug…

Health Minister of northern Indian State of Haryana, Anil Vij has tested positive for the virus, few days after receiving a trial dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Vij, who is in charge of several ministries including health, announced via his…

A 28-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested in Delhi for allegedly duping a man of over Rs 5 lakh (US$6,908, N2,633,649) through social media platform, Facebook. The accused, Onuorah Donatus Jideoffor was arrested at Mohan Garden on…

India Police have busted a drug racket and arrested four Nigerian nationals from Nalasopara, Mumbai with 747 gram high-grade cocaine worth Rs1.49 crore (over N14.8 million). The accused identified as Agu Osita (28), Urji Phillips (30),…

Three Nigerian nationals have been apprehended for entering India via Bangladesh without travel documents. According to local reports, during routine checking, officers from Karimganj district police stopped a vehicle coming from Tripura…

Nigeria has overtaken India as the world capital for deaths of children under the age of five, two years earlier than the World Bank projected. The global bank had in 2018 said that Nigeria will take over India as the world capital for…

An Air India Express plane with 191 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 16 people and injuring several others. India’s aviation authority stated that the aircraft, en route from…

Amitabh Bachchan, one of India's most famous film stars, has tested negative for COVID-19 and been discharged from hospital. The 77-year-old Bollywood actor spent about three weeks in hospital after testing positive last month. Read…

India has donated seven tonnes of hydroxychloroquine to Nigeria as part of efforts to help the West African combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha who also doubles as the…

Federal Government has evacuated 322 stranded Nigerians from the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) announced this on Saturday via its Twitter handle. It tweeted; BREAKING…

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has announced that 269 Nigerians stranded in India due to the coronavirus pandemic have returned to the country. NIDCOM made this known in a statement on its official Twitter page, stressing…

Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has died after a two-year-long battle with cancer. The 67-year-old actor died at an hospital in Mumbai, India on Thursday morning. Kapoor, was diagnosed with cancer in 2018 and returned to…

Ten foreign tourists have been forced to write an apology 500 times for taking a stroll in a northern Indian town in violation of the coronavirus lockdown, Indian police said on Monday. India declared a 21-day nationwide lockdown…