Former Benin police chief General Louis Philippe Houndegnon has been detained pending trial on charges of incitement to rebellion, judicial sources confirmed on Friday. Houndegnon, who…
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission(NERC) has revealed in its latest report that Togo and Benin owe Nigeria a combined total of $5.79 million in electricity debt…
In a move hailed as a significant step toward reconciling a painful history, the West African nation of Benin has passed a landmark law that offers…
Benin has halted Niger’s use of its port for exporting crude oil as a border dispute intensifies between the two neighbouring nations. President Patrice Talon’s administration…
The Beninese government has obtained 215,900 doses of a malaria vaccine, marking a significant step in the fight against one of the most deadly diseases for…
Benin Republic has lifted the suspension on the transit of imported goods destined for Niger through the port of Cotonou. The West African regional bloc ECOWAS…
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday that France would return to Benin artworks that were taken from the former French colony’s Royal Palaces of Abomey,…
Thousands of people in traditional red and white attire thronged to the riverine community ofOde-Itsekiri in southern Nigeria’s oil hub Warri on Saturday to witness the…
A court in the Benin Republic has ordered the release of Ropo, the wife of one of the leaders of the Yoruba Nation secessionist movement, Sunday…
Britain’s soldiers seized thousands of metal castings and sculptures from the Kingdom of Benin, then separate from British-ruled Nigeria, in 1897.