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  Hyderabad Police deports Nigerian national over visa violation, engaging in illegal activities

  February 16, 2025 23:12 IST

  Nigerian national, Ikechukwu Sylvester Mbah, was deported for overstaying in India without valid documents and allegedly associating with drug peddlers.

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  Monkeypox in Delhi: Nigerian man with no recent travel history tests positive for virus

  India | August 01, 2022 21:11 IST

  Monkeypox India: A 35-year-old Nigerian man has been admitted to the Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital, the nodal hospital for treatment of the infection.

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  Nigerian rapper Burna Boy pays tribute to Sidhu Moose Wala, breaks down on stage in viral video

  Celebrities | June 05, 2022 18:06 IST

  Nigerian rapper Burna Boy, whose real name is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was seen speaking Sidhu Moose Wala's name on the mic and also sobbed while doing so. "RIP Sidhu Moose Wala," the rapper said and later did Sidhu's signature step where he hit his thigh and pointed a finger upwards.

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  Nigerian actor with Rs 7.5L worth drugs arrested in Karnataka

  September 30, 2021 10:17 IST

  The Karnataka police arrested Chekwume Malvin, 45, who was staying in Bhattarahalli near K.R.Puram here on a medical visa. He was arrested while trying to sell drugs to customers on September 27. The police have recovered 15 grams of MDMA and 250 ML of hashish oil worth Rs 7.5 lakh from the accused person.  

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  Mumbai Police seize drug worth Rs 67 lakh; Nigerian among 3 arrested

  India | August 13, 2021 6:29 IST

  Three persons, including a Nigerian national, and seized mephedrone drug worth Rs 67 lakh were captured by the Mumbai Police on Thursday.

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  3 held by NCB Mumbai with drug worth Rs 50 lakh

  India | May 29, 2021 19:06 IST

  Acting on a tip off, an NCB Mumbai team on Thursday seized 420 grams methamphetamine concealed in one-gram pouches in two pulley gear plates to be sent to Doha in Qatar, an official said.

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  18 Indians on board Hong-Kong vessel kidnapped off Nigerian coast

  World | December 05, 2019 7:05 IST

  Sources said that following the reports of kidnapping of the Indians, the Indian mission in Nigeria has approached the African nation's authorities for help to ascertain the details and rescue the abducted Indians.

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  3 Nigerians arrested in Goa for possession of party drugs

  India | October 20, 2019 20:34 IST

  The accused were apprehended following a car chase lasting a few minutes, police sub-inspector attached to the Calangute police station Suraj Kankonkar told reporters.

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  Maharashtra: Nigerian national held for hacking email accounts of Indian companies

  Crime | July 15, 2019 7:21 IST

  Nagpur police on Sunday arrested a Nigerian national from Palghar district for allegedly hacking e-mail accounts of various companies in India, an official said. The police and cyber crime investigation team started probing the case. During the investigation, police found that Goodman was behind the crime.

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  Foreigner arrested for using cloned debit card

  June 18, 2019 9:59 IST

  According to a senior police officer, they received a complaint on Friday wherein it was alleged that two foreigners came to Patanjali Mega Store in Taimur Nagar here and asked for 450 kg ghee worth Rs 2.25 lakh. 

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  Nigerian held for duping ex-CBI official of Rs 36 lakh

  India | June 04, 2019 21:58 IST

  A Nigerian has been arrested for allegedly duping a retired CBI official last year of around Rs 36 lakh in Delhi after posing as a woman on social media, police said on Tuesday.

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  Video: Nigerian man tied to post, thrashed by mob in Delhi for allegedly trying to rob house

  India | October 09, 2017 17:13 IST

  In a disturbing video that surfaced on Monday, a Nigerian national can be seen tied to a pole and brutally thrashed by a mob for allegedly committing theft in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar last month

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  Nigerian girl thrashed in Hyderabad, MEA seeks report

  India | May 27, 2016 11:51 IST

  New Delhi:Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj has sought a report from the state government over the incident of a Nigerian girl being thrashed in Hyderabad. "On reports of a Nigerian student injured in Hyderabad:

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  First Nigerian school girl, part of mass abduction by Boko Haram, found after 2 years with a baby

  World | May 19, 2016 7:14 IST

  Nigeria: One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a boarding school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and reunited with her mother, a doctor said

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  Rocket grenades kill 7 as Boko Haram attacks Nigerian city

  World | May 30, 2015 16:32 IST

  Maiduguri, Nigeria (AP):   Rocket-propelled grenades exploded into several home, killing at least seven people s in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri before dawn Saturday as Boko Haram unleashed a new kind of violence

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  Indonesia govt confirms execution of 8 drug convicts

  World | April 29, 2015 10:51 IST

  Cilacap, Indonesia: Indonesian Attorney General Muhammad Prasety has confirmed that the country has executed eight convicted drug traffickers -two Australians, four Nigerians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian man.Prasety told a news conference that each had

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  100 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls 'sold as wives to jihadists'

  World | May 01, 2014 10:48 IST

  New Delhi: Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped two weeks again are being sold to as wives to Islamic militants for as little as £8 each, it has been claimed. The teenagers were abducted from their secondary

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  Death of Nigerian: India in 'diplomatic dialogue' with Nigeria

  India | November 06, 2013 19:35 IST

  New Delhi: India today said it was in “diplomatic dialogue” with Nigeria after that country raised the killing of one of its nationals in Goa last week and noted that it was expecting a report

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  Nigerian, Iranian nationals arrested in Bangalore with drugs

  India | October 15, 2013 10:07 IST

  Bangalore: A gang of six persons, including a Nigerian and an Iranian, have been arrested for allegedly peddling drugs here, police said yesterday.  Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the culprits from K R Puram,

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  Live Video Of Nigerian Policeman Killed While Defusing Bomb

  World | February 19, 2012 6:43 IST

  Kaduna (Nigeria), Feb 18: A Nigerian policeman with the bomb squad was killed on Tuesday while trying to defuse an explosive device in the north-central region of the country. The first of two planted bombs