Four Nigerians residing in India have been arrested by the Indian police after illicit drugs were allegedly found on them in Mumbai Suburban district. According to a report published by The Times of India on Monday, The Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai police arrested the Nigerians with cocaine worth
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Two Nigerians arrested in India for allegedly robbing ATMs
Godsgift Onyedinefu Two Nigerians have been arrested in India for allegedly stealing money from Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). According to Indian website, Mid-Day, Isaiah Ogunleye, 34, and Colin Mawagi, 37, were arrested by the Samata Nagar police. The accused used a skimmer machine and micro camera to steal data from the ATM cards
Did India shoot down a Pakistani F-16 in February? This just became a big deal
Sameer Lalwani and Emily Tallo With voting underway in India’s general election, February’s Kashmir conflict is likely to weigh on the minds of voters, especially given last week’s social media uproar over the reported downing of a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet during the crisis. The controversy flared up when a Foreign Policy
Nigeria is cornering the market in extreme poverty–Bloomberg
•Only growth can defuse Nigeria’s poverty time bomb •In his first term, President Muhammadu Buhari left too much undone. In his second, he needs to be bold Editorial Board One of humanity’s most hopeful developments in recent decades has been the dramatic drop in extreme poverty. In 2000, some 1.4 billion people
I cannot give contracts beyond May 29–Shettima
Mukaila Ola The Governo of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima has told Indian firms that he cannot give them contracts beyond his tenure which terminate on May 29, 2019. The governor, speaking on Thursday in New Delhi, India to representatives of firms who wanted contract that may take them up to six
India’s anti-satellite test created dangerous debris–NASA Chief
•It sets a risky precedence Sarah Lewin NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said on Monday that India's recent anti-satellite test created 60 pieces of orbital debris big enough to track, 24 of which rise higher than the International Space Station's orbit around Earth. Bridenstine had harsh words to say about India's test today in a NASA
India, China, Nigeria tops new year’s baby boom–UNICEF
India witnessing heavy cyber attacks from Russia, U.S, China — report
India has been the target of over 4.3 lakh cyber attacks from five countries including China, Russia and the US while more than 73,000 attacks were initiated from India between January and June this year, says a Finnish cyber security company. According to F-Secure's honeypot data, Russia, the US, China, the
India flood crises worsens, death toll hits 324
The death toll from floods that have triggered landslides and sent torrents sweeping through villages in the Indian state of Kerala trebled Friday to 324, authorities said, amid warnings of worse weather to come. Hundreds of troops and local fishermen are staging desperate rescue attempts with helicopters and boats across the
5 Charity workers gang-raped
Five women working for a charity in remote eastern India were abducted and gang-raped at gunpoint, police said Friday, in the latest horrific sex assault in the country. The women said in their complaint they were performing a play to raise awareness about human trafficking in the largely tribal Khunti district