The Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin on Saturday signed a pact to deepen bilateral integration and serve as a model for wider cooperation within ECOWAS. The agreement was signed during the inaugural West Africa Economic Summit (WAES), held in Abuja, with Presidents Bola Tinubu Nigeria and …
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CITIZENS of Western nations with African heritage are set to benefit from new legislation in Benin that grants nationality to descendants of enslaved Africans. The law, soon to be signed by President Patrice Talon, allows anyone with a sub-Saharan African ancestor deported during the slave trade to obtain a Beninese …
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Church leaders in Plateau State said 1,000 houses and 22 churches have been burnt by bandits in the recent attacks in Mangu, Bokkos and Riyom local government areas. The leaders from different denominations said they were saddened by the resurgence of mindless killings of innocent residents by bandits where several …
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The Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has ordered the reopening of the Benin-City judicial division of the court for proceedings. The order was given by Tsoho in a statement on Wednesday by Dr Catherine Oby-Christopher, Assistant Director of Information in the FHC. The Chief …
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ELEVEN power distribution companies have lost over N1.4tn in revenue to the non-payment of electricity bills by Nigerians and consumers in Benin, Niger and Togo. In Nigeria, many customers supplied electricity by the Discos are issued invoices based on meter bands and the number of hours supplied every 30 days, …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Gv-1m-crY A thug snatched ballot papers from a presiding officer at Obaeware Secondary School, Benin, Edo State on Saturday. The ballot papers were snatched from the presiding officer while counting votes at the polling unit.
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A gang of hackers, OPERA1ER, stole at least $11m from companies in Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, 11 other African countries, and Argentina. This is according to a new report from Group-IB, a cybersecurity firm, entitled, “OPERA1ER: Playing God without permission,” in collaboration with the researchers from Orange CERT Coordination Center. The …
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Nigeria’s government says it has arrested 296 illegal immigrants since the closure of its border on 2 August, 2019. Lai Mohammed, the country’s Minister of Information and Culture is upbeat that the closure of the nation’s land borders has yielded positive results, contrary to views of teeming Nigerians. In August, …
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A Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, the Edo State Capital has affirmed the Prophet Jones Erue-led Executive of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State thereby vacating an earlier judgment by an Asaba High Court which nullified the congress that produced the executive. The court, in a ruling delivered …
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A Benin High Court in Edo State has sentenced a 58-year-old woman to six years imprisonment for trafficking an 18-year-old girl to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Mrs. Joy Raji, mother of seven, who hails from Ikpoba-Okha LGA of the state had in January, 2016, been arraigned before Justice Alero Edodo-Eruaga …
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