Paul Ohia

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India warns citizens against travelling to 3 Nigerian states

India warns citizens against travelling to 3 Nigerian states

Rediff.com   6 Jun 2013

India has issued a travel warning to its nationals in Nigeria urging them to be cautious while visiting the oil-rich nation's troubled northeastern region, where a state of emergency had been declared last month.

164 feared killed in Nigeria boat mishap

164 feared killed in Nigeria boat mishap

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2013

At least 164 people have been feared killed after a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Nigeria. The boat conveying 166 passengers capsized nearly 40 nautical miles off the Nigerian coast on Tuesday.

At least 25 killed in northern Nigeria car bomb explosions

At least 25 killed in northern Nigeria car bomb explosions

Rediff.com   19 Mar 2013

At least 25 people have been killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting a bus station in northern Nigeria. The blasts occurred on Monday at a inter-city bus station in Kano when three suspected suicide bombers came in a Volkswagen Golf car and rammed their vehicle into one of the buses parked there.

2 Indian sailors set free in Nigeria

2 Indian sailors set free in Nigeria

Rediff.com   27 Feb 2013

Six foreign sailors, including two Indians, kidnapped from an oil service ship off Nigeria were released unharmed by armed pirates today, police said.

4 killed in attack on Indian-owned ship in Nigeria

4 killed in attack on Indian-owned ship in Nigeria

Rediff.com   6 Feb 2013

Four persons, including two soldiers, were killed when a ship belonging to an Indian company was attacked by pirates in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta.

Indian sailors held by pirates in Nigeria freed

Indian sailors held by pirates in Nigeria freed

Rediff.com   26 Jan 2013

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 on Saturday.

Nigeria: Gunmen kill 46 students in university attack

Nigeria: Gunmen kill 46 students in university attack

Rediff.com   2 Oct 2012

Gunmen wearing military attires raided university hostels in a northern Nigerian town, killing 46 students in a deadly Independence Day massacre.

Nigerian army kills 2, arrests 26 over murder of 2 Indians

Nigerian army kills 2, arrests 26 over murder of 2 Indians

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2012

Two suspected members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram were killed and 26 others arrested by the Nigerian military in the northern Maiduguri city for their alleged involvement in the killing of two Indians.

Nigerian crash: Victims' relatives reject mass burial

Nigerian crash: Victims' relatives reject mass burial

Rediff.com   11 Jun 2012

Kin of victims of the Nigerian Dana Air crash that killed at least 153 passengers and crew on board, including an Indian, have rejected mass burial of corpses.

50 killed in Easter Sunday bombings in Nigeria

50 killed in Easter Sunday bombings in Nigeria

Rediff.com   8 Apr 2012

At least 50 people were feared killed in two car bomb explosions near a church during Easter Sunday services in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, eye-witnesses and emergency services said.

India, Nigeria to have direct flights soon

India, Nigeria to have direct flights soon

Rediff.com   4 May 2011

Foreign Minister Henry Odein Ajumogobia was addressing a group of nine Indian journalists in Abuja on familiarisation visit to the country, who were accompanied by the high commissioner to the country, Mahesh Sachdev.

Bomb explosion kills 30 in Nigeria

Bomb explosion kills 30 in Nigeria

Rediff.com   1 Jan 2011

At least 30 people have been killed when a bomb went off at a market near a military barracks in Abuja on New Year's Eve, the state-run TV channel said on Satuday.

World condemns Nigeria blasts; toll rises to 15

World condemns Nigeria blasts; toll rises to 15

Rediff.com   2 Oct 2010

The world on Saturday condemned the three explosions that rattled Nigeria's 50th independence day in Abuja and claimed 15 lives. Condemning the attacks, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan promised that those behind the act "will pay dearly for this heinous crime." Nigeria's former colonial master Britain condemned the act and promised to help the oil-rich African nation in bringing the attackers to book.

'Man removed from NY bound plane not Nigerian'

'Man removed from NY bound plane not Nigerian'

Rediff.com   24 Apr 2010

Nigeria's aviation authorities said that the passenger arrested from a New York-bound flight and detained in Puerto Rico for being on US' 'no-fly list', was a Gambian and not a Nigerian national and described it as a case of "mistaken identity".