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AAC Knocks Tinubu Administration Over Military Action Against Coup Plotters in Benin Republic

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:00:43 +0000

The African Action Congress, AAC, has criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu over its decision to launch a military operation targeting fleeing coup plotters in the Republic of Benin. In a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Rex I. Elanu, the party described the action as evidence of what it called [...]

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Benin Military Arrests About a Dozen Soldiers Over Failed Coup Attempt

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:00:04 +0000

The Benin Republic military has confirmed the arrest of about a dozen soldiers, including the alleged ringleaders, following an attempted coup against President Patrice Talon. According to military sources, 13 individuals have been detained in connection with the plot. All but one of the suspects are active-duty soldiers, while the remaining detainee is a former [...]

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Customs Seizes ₦80.4 Million Worth of Smuggled Fuel Bound for Benin Republic

Temitope Nlewemchi — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:15:58 +0000

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted petroleum products worth ₦80.4 million being smuggled across the border into the Republic of Benin. The interception, made by officers of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, underscores the Service’s intensified efforts to combat cross-border fuel smuggling and protect Nigeria’s economic interests amid ongoing reforms in the [...]

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Nigeria and Benin Republic Launch SIGMAT to Enhance Cross-Border Trade

Temitope Nlewemchi — Tue, 20 May 2025 20:55:04 +0000

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Benin Republic Customs Administration have inaugurated the Système Interconnecté de Gestion des Marchandises en Transit (SIGMAT) platform at the Seme-Krake Joint Border Post. This digital system aims to streamline and harmonize customs procedures, facilitating smoother and more secure trade between the two nations. The launch event, held on [...]

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Federal Government Halts Accreditation for Degrees from Benin and Togo Temporarily

Temitope Nlewemchi — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 12:57:02 +0000

In a recent development, the Federal Government, in a statement signed by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education, has announced the suspension of the evaluation and accreditation process for degree certificates originating from Benin and Togo Republics. This decision, a response to the [...]

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Surviving Nigeria’s Pan-Fulani President with Sunday Igboho by Felix Oboagwina

Felix Oboagwina — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 07:41:43 +0000

After a house detention spanning two years, Nigeria’s Sunday Igboho earlier this month finally secured his freedom from the Benin Republic. He did not return to Nigeria. He jetted out to Germany. Igboho, 56, a Yoruba nation separatist whose real name is Chief Sunday Adeyemo, ran afoul of that Francophone nation’s laws for attempting to [...]

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Benin’s 63rd independence: President Tinubu to attend on Tuesday

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:44:28 +0000

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, President Bola Tinubu will leave Nigeria on Tuesday to travel to the Republic of Benin and celebrate their 63rd year of independence. According to a statement released by President Patrice Talon’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy Dele Alake, the ceremony’s Special Guest will be his principal, who also [...]

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Benin Republic Must Mend Its Relationship With Nigeria – Obasanjo

David Folami — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:42:08 +0000

Ex-President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has begged Nigeria’s west coast neighbor, Benin Republic, to change its ways so there can be a united relationship between both nations. Olusegun Obasanjo disclosed this during a news briefing on Tuesday in Addis Ababa on the margins of Policy Dialogue of African Business Associations on Implementing the African Continental Free [...]

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Do Not To Dump Your Deportees In Nigeria, FG Warns ECOWAS Member States

Kunle Atiba — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 23:45:00 +0000

Nigerian Government has warned Gabon and other ECOWAS member states not to dump deportees from their countries in Nigeria. The Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazzau, gave the warning yesterday in Calabar during the evacuation of 617 people including women and children deported from Gabon to Calabar. He warned that the federal government would impound any vessel used [...]

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President Buhari Hails Yayi’s Visionary Leadership, Calls For Peaceful Transition In Benin Republic

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 08:17:06 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the President of Benin Republic, Mr. Boni Yayi, to complete the legacy of patriotism and statesmanship he began, by ensuring a peaceful transition in his country next year. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement on Tuesday, quoted Buhari as [...]

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Nigeria Will Help Benin Republic To Conduct Free And Fair Elections In 2016

Ade Adewale — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 22:22:47 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria will assist the Republic of Benin in conducting credible elections in 2016. The President made the pledge in Abuja on Tuesday at a joint news conference with his Beninoise counterpart, Boni Yayi, after a closed door meeting at the Presidential Villa. He congratulated Yayi, who will be completing [...]

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Soldiers Visit Okuta To Confirm Alleged Annexation Of Nigerian Villages By Benin Republic

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 21:05:52 +0000

Fully armed soldiers, yesterday afternoon, visited Okuta in Baruten Local Council of Kwara State to confirm alleged annexation of 16 villages in the area by the neighbouring Benin Republic. The soldiers, who arrived Okuta at about 3:00pm had a brief meeting with the Emir of Okuta and his traditional chiefs and went to visit the [...]

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Benin Republic Annexing Nigerian Villages In Border Town Of Kwara State

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 13:48:32 +0000

Although Beninoise President Boni Yayi had often called Benin Republic Nigeria’s 37th state, it has not stopped the country from encroaching into Nigeria’s territories. According to a report by Vanguard, Benin has invaded sixteen villages in Okuta, the border town in Baruten local government area of Kwara state. The newspaper learnt that authorities of Benin [...]

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