Nigeria, Benin to spur custom cooperation
Bachir Adewale Adeniyi, Head of Nigeria’s customs is expected in neighboring Benin Monday July 24 as both countries seek to boost custom cooperation. Adeniyi will […]
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Two Beninese pilgrims arrested in Saudi Arabia for banned substance trafficking
Saudi authorities have detained two Beninese pilgrims for transporting with them banned substances, “24h Au Benin” reports, adding a third suspect has been arrested in […]
Benin court sentences woman to ten years in prison for drug trafficking
Benin’s Court of Economic Crimes and Terrorism Repression (CRIET) has sentenced a woman to ten years in prison after she was arrested in July 2021 […]
Benin: Several people killed in a fresh attack in the north
Several people have been slain in the town of Kerou, north of Benin, in a fresh attack by unidentified armed men. The attack, local media […]
CAF chooses Cotonou to host its 45th ordinary GA
Benin’s capital Cotonou will host on July 13 this year the Ordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the African football governing […]
Ghana: Authorities say they have foiled a planned bombing attack
Ghana’s government fears an escalation of violence could benefit jihadist groups in neighboring Burkina Faso. Criminals” have attempted to blow up a bridge in a […]
West Africa’s central bank congratulates Guinea-Bissau’s performance
The governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), Ivorian Jean Claude Brou Yesterday congratulated Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló for the country’s […]
Guinea-Bissau calls for quick activation of military force against coups in ECOWAS
The Guinean Foreign Minister, Suzi Barbosa, on Monday called on the military leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the rapid […]
Germany returned to Nigeria 22 bronzes stolen from the kingdom of Benin
Germany returned 22 bronzes from the ancient kingdom of Benin, looted during the colonial era, to Nigeria on Tuesday in an official ceremony in Abuja. […]
UN Working Group demands immediate liberation of Benin opposition figure Rekya Madougou
A UN Working Group addressing the arrest of Rekya Madougou, a political figures opposed to President Patrice Talon, sentenced 21 years in prison, slammed the […]