♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Nigeria’s second-highest national award - the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger. President of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja gave this award to Modi on 17 November 2024. Modi became the second foreign dignitary to receive this distinction, after Queen Elizabeth in 1969. 

♦ This marks the 17th international award conferred upon PM Modi by a foreign country.