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State House, Abuja - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) award on visiting Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
Modi became the second foreign dignitary to receive this distinction, after Queen Elizabeth in 1969.
The GCON award is the 17th international award conferred upon PM Modi by a foreign country.
President Tinubu declared Modi a friend of Nigeria.
Source: Legit.ng