PM Modi To Get Nigeria's 'GCON' Award, 2nd Foreign Guest After Queen Elizabeth

PM Modi is the second foreign dignitary to receive the award. Queen Elizabeth is the only foreign dignitary who has been awarded with GCON in 1969.

Nigeria will honour Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Grand Commander of The Order of the Niger (GCON).

This makes PM Modi the second foreign dignitary to receive this honour. Queen Elizabeth is the only foreign dignitary who has been awarded with GCON in 1969.

This will be the 17th such international award being conferred to PM Modi by a country.