Lagos, Feb 20 (IANS) Gunmen attacked a vessel off southern Nigeria and kidnapped six foreigners on board, including three Ukrainians, two Indians and a Russian, police said Wednesday.

Lisbon, Feb 20 (IANS) Traces of horse DNA in meat products were detected for the first time in Portugal in a pre-cooked lasagne made by Nestle and sold exclusively to hotels and restaurants known as Horeca.

Lagos, Feb 15 (IANS) An Indian information technology company will train 1,500 computer aided designs and drafting (CADD) engineers in Nigeria annually.

Lagos, Jan 13 (IANS) At least 30 people, suspected to be fuel thieves, died in a pipeline fire in Nigeria, Xinhua reported Sunday.

Lagos, Nov 7 (IANS) Improved relations between India and Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and a major oil exporter, have led to the trade volume between the two countries rising to $17.3 billion over the past year, Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria Mahesh Sachdev has said.

Lisbon, Oct 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Portugal will be without Fabio Coentrao against Northern Ireland in Lisbon Tuesday after the midfielder was hurt in Portugal's defeat to Russia, coach Paulo Bento said.

Lagos, Sep 5 (IANS) Twenty-three Indian sailors are on board an oil tanker hijacked by pirates off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, said the oil tanker company Wednesday.

Lagos, July 27 (IANS) India's leading telephony provider Tata Communications has extended its Video Connect Network (VCN) to Nigeria through a partnership with Main One Cable Company, Nigeria's premier provider of broadband internet services.

Lagos, June 24 (IANS) India is offering a helping hand to Nigeria in the country's bid to generate enough electricity to meet the ever-growing demand in Africa's most populous nation.

Lisbon, June 3 (IANS) One week before their match against Germany in the Euro 2012, the Portuguese national football team lost to Turkey 1-3 in a friendly here.

Lisbon, April 20 (IANS) Sporting Lisbon defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-1 in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League football semifinals here.

Lisbon, April 14 (IANS) A United Nations' public awareness campaign against human trafficking has been launched in Portugal.

Lisbon, March 30 (IANS) Sporting Lisbon added another victory to their streak of seven wins in European competitions as the Portuguese team defeated Metalist Kharkiv from Ukraine 2-1 in the Europa League quarterfinals.

Lisbon, March 9 (IANS) Manchester City's quest for Europa League glory received a setback when the English Premier League leaders lost 0-1 to Sporting Lisbon in the first leg of their last-16 tie.

Faro (Portugal), March 8 (IANS) Okoyino da Mbabi scored a hat-trick as Germany beat Japan 4-3 in the women's soccer Algarve Cup final.

Lisbon, March 7 (IANS) Benfica are back in the Champions League football quarterfinals after six years, the Portuguese team recovering from a 2-3 first-leg disadvantage to put it across Zenit St. Petersburg 4-3.

Lisbon, March 3 (IANS) Porto beat Benfica 3-2 in the Portuguese Liga 21st round to leapfrog their opponents into first place with a three point lead at the top of table.

Lisbon, Jan 19 (IANS) The 2001 Economy Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stieglitz warned Wednesday that the European governments' economic policies are likely to deepen the crisis instead of solving it.