Nigeria

Accra, May 15: Unlike India, China is not assisting in the fight against counterfeit medicines even though the influx has been mainly from that country, Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says."Comparative analysis has shown that ...

Abuja, Jan 27: Five Indian sailors kidnapped off Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta and held captive for more than a month have been released by the pirates, a spokesman said today. The released men were hale and hearty, Medallion Marine, spokesman ...

Abuja, Dec 19: Five Indian sailors onboard a German oil tanker were kidnapped by heavily armed pirates who attacked the ship in waters off Nigeria's southern coast which have become a hotbed of pirate activity. The ship's operators, Medallion Marine ...

Abuja, Nov 25: Two suicide bombers targeted a church inside a military barrack in northern Nigeria today, killing at least 11 people and injuring several others as worshippers were returning after a Sunday mass. The attack occurred at St Andrews ...

Bauchi (Nigeria), Sept 23: At least two persons were killed while 46 were injured after a suicide car bomber blew himself up near St John's church in a market area of Bauchi city in northern Nigeria on Sunday. Police cordoned off ...

Abuja, Sept 5: An oil tanker with 23 Indian sailors aboard was today hijacked by pirates off the shores of Nigeria, the third such attack in over two weeks in the Gulf of Guinea. International Maritime ...