Tag: Benin
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CSOs barricade CBN gate in Benin over cash crunch
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday barricaded the main entrance gate to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) office complex in Benin to protest the scarcity of new naira notes in the country.
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Aggrieved customers attack BEDC worker, engineer in Benin
Aggrieved customers in Evbuotubu in Benin, Edo State have unleashed an attack on a worker and an engineer of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company PLC (BEDC).
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Nigeria, Benin submit joint bid to host 2025 AFCON
Republique du Benin and Nigeria have successfully submitted a joint bid for the hosting rights of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations initially awarded to Guinea but later withdrawn due to the coup d’etat in that country and also their unreadiness to host the contingent major football competition.
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Nigeria and Benin embark on campaign to tackle insecurity
The National Boundary Commission (NBC) and its Beninese counterpart have embarked on a joint sensitisation campaign geared towards cementing the historical bond that existed between both countries prior to colonial rule. The campaign, which took place at Kosu Bosu, Baruten Local Government of the Kwara State sector of the Nigeria-Benin International Boundary, featured socio-cultural activities…
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London museum returns looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria
A small museum in south-east London has begun the official process of returning looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria.
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I will rebuild Nigeria – Peter Obi
Business activities and vehicular movements were halted on Friday in Benin, following the huge crowd that thronged the various streets to welcome the presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. Addressing party supporters at the Baptist Convention Ground, the venue of
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How Hackers stole $11m from Nigeria, others
A gang of hackers, OPERA1ER, has stolen 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 firm disclosed that digital…
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ASUU Strike: Disregard calls for resumption, UNIBEN Mgt tells students
The Management of University of Benin has debunked information circulating that the institution was set to resume academic activities on Oct. 20. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls social networking platforms were saturated with the rumour two weeks after the university released details for its post UTME and Direct Entry screenings. But the authorities in a statement…
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Travelogue: From Ekpoma to Benin with pain – By Okoh Aihe
I write this material with profound sense of pain, a hapless witness to a history of degeneration, and painful descent into a life of near worthlessness and hopelessness, a sustained devaluation of the 70s and 80s quality of living which has become a referenced nostalgia.
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Gunmen abduct scores of travellers in Ondo State
Gunmen on Saturday abducted scores of travellers on the Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon, the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State.