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December 2021

• 22 Indian companies participated at the Source Textile & Apparel Show, Lagos, 14 - 16 Dec 2021
• Students of Indian Language School,Lagos (Nigeria) and Indian International School, Cotonou (Benin) sharing their ideas with Hon'ble PM, on 10 Dec 2021
• Acting High Commissioner Mr V.S.D.L Surendra called on Chief of Protocol, MFA H.E Amb Kazaure Bello on 6th December 2021
• OHCI Lagos officials and community members paying Floral tributes to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar during celebration of Mahaparinirvan Diwas on 06 Dec 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur and Dr. (Mrs.) Surabhi Thakur's farewell at the Mission in Abuja and its Office in Lagos on 01 Dec 2021

November 2021

• Acting High Commissioner Mr V.S.D.L Surendra paying floral tribute during celebration of Mahaparinirvan Diwas of Dr B.R Ambedkar on 06 Dec 2021
• General MM Naravane, COAS of Indian Army in a telephonic discussion with Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, COAS, Nigerian Army on 30 Nov 2021
• Ambassador Abhay Thakur visited N'Djamena, Chad on 27 November to bid farewell
• High Commissioner paid a farewell call on H.E. Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 26 Nov 2021
• High Commission celebrated Constitution Day on 26 Nov 2021
• Deputy High Commissioner and India based officers and officials read out the Preamble to the Indian Constitution on 26 Nov 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur paid a farewell call on H.E Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs on 23 Nov 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur's farewell at Lagos on 21-22 Nov 2021
• HC Abhay Thakur inaugurated 'India Books Corner' at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, on 21 Nov 2021
• Celebration of Guru Nanak Ji's Prakash Utsav at a Gurudwara in Lagos on 19 Nov 2021
• India-Nigeria ICT B2B between TEPC (Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council) and LCCI (Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry) on 17 Nov 2021
• Ambassador Abhay Thakur visited the Glo Djigbe Industrial Zone, Benin, on 7-8 Nov 2021
• ICCR Baba Gorekhnath Gotipua dance troupe performed at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos on 06 Nov 2021
• Ambassador Abhay Thakur met Mr. Herve Djokpe, Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Cooperation in Cotonou on 7-8 November 2021
• HCI, Abuja Celebrated Diwali on 3 Nov 2021
• ITEC Day 2021 Celebration on 03 Nov 2021
• 6th Ayurveda Day was celebrated at OHCI Lagos on 02 Nov 2021
• The visiting Gotipua Dance Troupe from ICCR conducted a Workshop at NCAC, Abuja on 2 Nov 2021

October 2021

• Dy. High Commissioner attended the Haryana- Africa Conclave on 29 Oct 2021.
• Consular officer at OHCI Lagos, met Indian seafarer Pankaj Kumar, of MV Tampen, on 28 Oct 2021.
• HOC Lagos Shri Rachit Rawat, met Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, on 30th Oct 2021, at flag off of Nigerian seafarers' training in India.
• Participation of Afri Theatre Cultural Troupe (Nigeria) in the 2nd National Tribal Dance Festival-2021 in Raipur from 28-30 Oct 2021
• Dy. High Commissioner Shri V.S.D.L. Surendra administered the Integrity pledge to the officers and Staff of the High Commission on 26 October 2021.
• Director General of World Trade Organization Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, on 23 Oct 21
• Director General of World Trade Organization Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, on 23 Oct 21.
• High Commissioner met President of NACCIMA, John Udeagbala, on 13 Oct 21.
• Trade & Investment Opportunities Between India & Nigeria - Post COVID-19", on 12 Oct 2021
• High Commissioner met ANRML MD Alok Gupta and the 350-strong Indian engineering and construction team in Kaduna on 8 Oct 2021
• High Commissioner met Minister for Communications and Digital Economy Isa Ali Pantami, on 07 Oct 2021
• High Commissioner met ACCI President, Dr. Al-Mujtaba Abubakar during the 16th Abuja International Trade Fair on 05 Oct 2021
• On Nigeria's 61st Independence Anniversary, President of India congratulated President of Nigeria on 1 Oct 2021.
• Organized Special Yoga session on the occasion of celebration of Gandhi Jayanti on 02 Oct 2021.

September 2021

• High Commissioner met Chairman and CEO Air Peace, Allen Onyema, on 28 September 2021
• Select groups of meritorious Nigerian students sent to reputed Indian universities by Delta, Borno, Yobe, Lagos and Kano States
• 646 passengers traveled on the Delhi-Lagos-Delhi sector on an Air India charter flight on 22/23 September 2021.
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur met IGP Usman Alkali Baba, during 13-17 Sept 2021 Delegation visit. And, NISS Commandant A.S. Adeleke and its Board Members on 24 Sept 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur met DG NYSC Brig. Gen. S. Ibrahim,on 23 Sep 2021
• High Commissioner met Secretary to Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha and Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed at Nigeria@60 Photo Exhibition,on 20 Sep 2021.
• Indian defence delegation led by Military Adviser NSC Lt Gen (Retd) VG Khandare, met Hon. Minister of Defence Maj Gen Bashir Magashi (Retd) and Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya, on 16 Sep 2021.
• The Indian defence delegation during an interactive session with Nigerian Parliamentarians, Government, think tanks and media on 15 Sep 2021.
• Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister and Prof. Eghosa E. Osaghae, Director General, NIIA, Lagos during "Independent India @ 75 International webinar, on 15 Sep 2021".
• Indian defence delegation led by Lt. Gen. (Retd.) V.G. Khandare, and senior officials from the Ministry of Defence, on official visit to Nigeria, from 13 - 17 Sep 2021
• High Commissioner met Gen. Faruk Yahaya, Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army, on 8 Sep 2021
• High Commissioner Virtually Addressed the Air Force War College, Markurdi on 6 Sep 2021
• President Rotary International Shri Shekhar Mehta, at the Mission premises on 6 Sep 2021
• High Commissioner met Mr. Samson Itegboje, Director, International Organizations, MFA on 01 September 2021
• High Commissioner met Nigeria's Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal I. O. Amao on 01 September 2021

August 2021

• भारतीय उच्चायोग के अधिकारियों ने 14 सितंबर  को  हिंदीदिवस भारतीय समुदाय, इंडियन लैंग्वेज स्कूल लागोस और हिंदी भाषा प्रेमियों के साथ मनाया।
• भारत हिंदू मंदिर, अबुजा ने 30 अगस्त 2021 को जन्माष्टमी के पावन पर्व को पूरे हर्षोल्लास और जोश  के साथ मनाया।
• High Commissioner's interaction with prominent members of the Indian community in Port Harcourt on 27 Aug 2021
• ICA Lagos organized a poster competition on India@75 on 28 Aug 2021
• High Commissioner and Defence Adviser visited the Naval College, Port Harcourt on 27 Aug 2021
• High Commissioner visited Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Ltd. in Port Harcourt on 27 Aug 2021
• A Consular Camp organised at Port Harcourt on 27 Aug 2021
• High Commissioner handed over the The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award conferred by Hon'ble President of India to Indian Cultural Association Lagos on 21 August 2021
• High Commissioner visited the Godrej facility in Lagos, on 21 August 2021
• High Commissioner met Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence Musa Istifanus on 17 Aug 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur met the Chief of Naval Staff of Nigeria Vice Admiral A.Z. Gambo on 12 Aug 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur visited NDA, Kaduna on 10 Aug 2021
• To mark 75 years of India's Independence, HCI, together with NCF and ICA, Abuja organized a cricket tournament 'India-Nigeria Friendship Cup' on 08 Aug 2021
• High Commission organized a painting competition at the Mission on 07 Aug 2021
• High Commission organized a special therapeutic Yoga session on "Healing our lower back and neck" at the Mission on 7 Aug 2021
• High Commission celebrated the 2nd Anniversary of Indias landmark Constitutional Amendment on the Status of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on 5 Aug 2021

July 2021

• An India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) project on Salt farming in the Republic of Benin was announced on 16 July 2021 in Djegbadji village near Ouidah, Benin.
• High Commissioner received Commandant, National Defence College, Nigeria, Rear Admiral O.P. Daji, at India House on 16 July 2021.
• High Commissioner met Hon. Yusuf Buba Yakub, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of House of Representatives, accompanied by Hon MPs from Lagos, Sokoto and Kano on 14 July 2021
• Nigeria"s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment H.E. Richard Adebayo participated in the Ministerial Session of the 16th CII-EXIM bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership on 14 July 2021
• High Commissioner participated in webinar on "Promoting MSME to Enhance Industrialization: Challenges and Prospects" on 14 July 2021
• On the occasion of Lord Jagannath Ratha Yatra celebration at Abuja (on 11 July 2021) High Commissioner led the Chera Pahara, and dedicated the India Study corner to the Temple
• High Commissioner met the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa on 07 July 2021
• High Commissioner met Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and attended the coronation of Emir of Kano Aminu Ado Bayero on on 2-3 July 2021

June 2021

• High Commissioner attended the opening of a new Indian franchise of Pizza Hut in Abuja in virtual mode on 28 June 2021
• High Commissioner hosted an interaction of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry with Indian businesses in Lagos, on 28 June 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur inaugurated the Yoga Shivir Yoga Studio in Lagos, on 28 June 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur delivered the first Ambassadorial lecture at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos on 28 June 2021
• Mission/OHCI officers visited the Skipper ETS transformer and Skipper SEIL solar facility in Lagos on 27 June 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur visited Flex Films Nigeria Ltd., a subsidiary of Uflex India, in Ogun State on 27 June 2021
• High Commissioner met the Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Mallam Farouk A. Salim on 24 June 2021
• High Commissioner met Nigerian Army officers proceeding for Pilot training with HAL on 23 June 2021
• High Commissioner joined dignitaries from Nigerian Government at the National Youth Conference on Drug Abuse in Abuja on 22 June 2021
• Celebration of the 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY 2021) by Friends of India at Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna on 20 June 2021
• On World Bicycle Day, the Cycling rally was flagged off from the Mission by High Commissioner on 03 June 2021
• Celebration of the 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY 2021) at Chad on 20 June 2021 by Friends of India in Chad from the Yaarana Association
• Celebration of the 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY 2021) at OHCI Lagos on 20 June 2021
• Celebration of the 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2021 on 19 June 2021
• Deputy High Commissioner VSDL Surendra attended the Nigeria@60 Expo at Eagle Square Abuja on 15 June 2021
• High Commissioner attended the finals of the North Central Zone ODI Cricket Tournament on 13 June 2021
• High Commission gifted Hindi books to "Yaarana", an Association of nearly 5000 friends of India in Chad in June 21
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur attended the commissioning of the Maritime Security (Deep Blue) Project by President Buhari in Lagos on 10 June 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur met Dr. Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, President of Abuja Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) on 07 June 2021
• Virtual Interactive session with MoS, External Affairs Shri V. Muraleedharan, with members of Indian community based in Nigeria, Benin, and Chad on 4th June 2021
• On World Bicycle Day, the Cycling rally was flagged off from the Mission by High Commissioner on 03 June 2021

May 2021

• High Commissioner met Chairman NDLEA Brig. Gen. MB Marwa (Retd) on 27 May 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur visited the Dabur India facility in Lagos on 24 May 2021
• HC joined H.E. Otunba Niyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment at the inauguration of a chemicals manufacturing plant at Lagos on 24 May 2021
• On Anti Terrorism Day, High Commissioner administered the Anti-Terrorism pledge at the Mission on 21 May 2021
• HC met Gen. Francis Behanzin, ECOWAS-CEDEAO, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace & Security on 19 May 2021
• HC interacted with DG Nigerian Institute of International Affairs and senior researchers in Lagos on 10 May 2021
• High Commissioner Abhay Thakur visited the USD 32 mn pharmaceutical plant of Sun Pharma in Ogun State on 10 May 2021
• HC Abhay Thakur met Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive, Dangote Group, the largest conglomerate in West Africa on 09 May 2021
• HC visited the Indo-Eye Care Isolation center, set up by the Indian community, and the Vedic Lifecare hospital in Lagos on 09 May 2021
• HC Abhay Thakur visited the project site of USD 12 billion Dangote Group oil refinery project (the largest in Africa) in Lagos on 8 May 2021
• HC met project heads of various Indian companies at the refinery site in Lagos on 08 May 2021
• High Commissioner Shri Abhay Thakur and team visited the USD 2.5 billion Dangote fertilizer project in Lagos on 8 May 2021
• On 8 May 2021, during his visit to Lagos Free Zone (LFZ), HC encouraged Indian companies in LFZ to take advantage of incentives of the LFZ
• High Commissioner visited Lagos Free Zone and interacted with representatives of local authorities and Indian corporate on 8 May 2021
• High Commissioner visited Lekki deep sea Port, Lagos on 07 May 2021
• High Commissioner attended inaugural Ceremony of Digital Classroom at Government Secondary School, Karu, FCT Abuja on 06 May 2021
• High Commissioner received Ambassador Aminu A. Wisdom, Head of Strategic Facilitation International, and former Nigerian PR to ECOWAS on 05 May 2021

April 2021

• HC met Ambassador Bolaji Alade Akinremi, Director, Consular & Legal Department, MFA Nigeria on 30 April 2021
• Amb Abhay Thakur, concurrently accredited to Chad, signed the Condolence Book on the passing away of H.E. Idriss Deby Itno, President of Chad, at the Chadian Embassy in Abuja on 27 April 21
• Celebration of 71stFoundation Day of ICCR on 9th April 2021