AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoECOWAS Summit in Sierra Leone: Vice President Kashim Shettima and Benin President Patrice Talon’s regional peers arrived in Lungi for the 69th ECOWAS Ordinary Session, with peace and security, governance, trade and infrastructure on the agenda. Power for Edo, with Benin in the spotlight: Edo State issued a 7MW mini-grid licence to IZENERGY Limited to expand renewable power and rural electrification across Edo South, Central and North. Benin–World Bank push: Benin and the World Bank signed $320m in financing—$150m for the Dogo-Bis hydro dam and $170m for the ALAFIA nutrition and early childhood programme. Cross-border drug crackdown: NDLEA seized 1.63m tramadol pills in Lagos—hidden in fabricated compartments on two trailers heading to Kano—linked to the Togo–Benin Republic–Nigeria route, with multiple arrests. Court closes IPPIS ghost-worker case: Nigeria’s Federal High Court ordered final forfeiture of about N941.99m tied to ghost workers in the IPPIS payroll scam. Church leadership continuity in Benin City: The Holy See appointed Bishop Donatus Ogun as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Benin City after Archbishop Akubeze’s death.
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