India-Nigeria Strategic Partnership

• India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, visited Nigeria for the first time in 17 years.

• Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, welcomed Modi and conferred the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger.

• India-Nigeria ties include boosting ties in defense, energy, technology, trade, health, and education.

• India is emerging as a key defense supplier to Africa and a development partner of Nigeria.

• Nigeria has over 200 Chinese companies, making it China’s largest export market and second-largest trading partner in Africa.

• China has funded over $47 billion for 22 large-size infrastructure projects across Nigeria.

• China is active in Nigeria’s mining sector, with China Sinoma International Engineering and Nigeria’s Dangote Industries Limited signing a contract to construct a cement plant.