Tag: BENIN
10 Beninese footballers jailed for age cheating
Ten young Benin footballers, as well as the country's ex-football federation president Anjorin Moucharafou, have been handed prison sentences for age cheating.
A Cotonou court...
Atiku visits Oba of Benin for royal blessing
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, in continuation of his nationwide...
Teenager docked for house breaking
An 18-year-old man, Babale Mohammed, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Oredo Magistrate Court in Benin for allegedly breaking into the house of one...
143 die, 843 injured in auto crashes in Edo
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Edo says a total of 143 persons died and 843 others were injured in various auto crashes...
Stop attacking Nigerians, Oba of Benin appeals to South Africans
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II, has appealed to South African Government to take measures to...
NAPTIP arrests 63-year-old woman for alleged human trafficking in Edo
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has arrested a 63-year-old woman, Esther ImahrIa, for alleged human trafficking...
Diamond Bank to divest in Togo, Senegal to focus on Nigeria
Diamond Bank on Friday said it would sell West African banking operations in Benin, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal to focus on the Nigerian...
Operation Crocodile Smile: Army arrests 30 suspects, destroys illegal refineries in...
The 4 Brigade Headquarters of the Nigerian Army, Benin, has arrested 30 suspects for various criminal offences and destroyed more illegal refineries in continuation...
Lai Mohammed condemns deadly attack on Benin zoo
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has strongly condemned Sunday’s attack on Ogba Zoo and Nature Park in Benin, Edo State, during which...
Edo govt admits error, withdraws letter on Oba of Benin
The Edo State Government has withdrawn the letter of approval earlier issued on the new Oba of Benin, saying it was issued in error.
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