Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India, Abuja
High CommissionNigeria · High Commissioner: Vacant
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In short
India’s high commission in Nigeria records a reported community of 50,120, 15 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 67%. Led by Vacant, high commissioner.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence50,120
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Nigeria"
“PIOs 120 + NRIs 50,000 = 50,120”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence15
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 31 January 1978)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGERIA RELATING TO AIR SERVICES — 31 January 1978”
Published: 31 January 1978 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
67%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Nigeria”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 72 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Agreements on record (15)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON SURVEY COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation15 November 2024
- PROGRAMME OF CULTURAL COOPERATION AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA FOR THE YEARS 2024-2029Cultural Relations and Sport15 November 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON COOPERATION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CUSTOMS MATTERSAid and Cooperation15 November 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE NATIONAL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON PREVENTION OF ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND PRECURSOR CHEMICALS AND RELATED MATTERSCivil and Criminal Matters14 June 2023
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR COOPERATION IN THE FILED OF METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES BETWEEN NIGERIAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY AND THE INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENTEnvironment and Resources02 March 2023
- MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE INDIAN COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT-IN) MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND NIGERIAN COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (NGCERT) IN THE AREA OF CYBER SECURITYScience and Technology28 October 2021
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGERIA ON COOPERATION IN THE EXPLORATION AND USES OF OUTER SPACE FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSESAid and Cooperation05 June 2020
- AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGERIATransport14 January 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGERIA TO ENHANCE AND STRENGTHEN TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF STANDARDIZATION AND CERTIFICATIONAid and Cooperation27 September 2016
- MOU FOR COOPERATION IN PHARMACEUTICALS BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGERIAHealth16 March 2011
- PROTOCOL FOR CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGERIAAid and Cooperation15 October 2007
- MOU ON MUTUAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGERIADiplomatic Relations15 October 2007
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIABusiness and Trade27 January 1983
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGERA REGARDING ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation02 October 1979
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGERIA RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport31 January 1978
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 170 sections, 20,621 characters of extractable text. Sections include: INDIA - NIGERIA BILATERAL RELATIONS · OVERALL RELATIONS: · BILATERAL VISITS · Nigerian Dignitary to India · Period · Event.
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