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Slow Pace Of Benin -Sapele Road Project: Okpebholo Summons Contractors
Daily Independent
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August 18, 2025
1 Francis Onoiribholo Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has expressed displeasure over the slow pace of work on the ongoing Benin-Sapele road project despite the financial mobilization of contractors. As a result of the slow pace, the Governor...
Okpebholo summons contractors over Benin-Sapele road delay
The Sun Nigeria
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August 18, 2025
From Tony Osauzo, Benin Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has expressed displeasure over the slow pace of work on the Benin-Sapele road project despite the financial mobilisation of contractors. Consequently, the Governor has summoned the...
RSF investigation - Benin's arrest of journalist Hugues Sossoukpè in Côte d'Ivoire: A state affair disguised as judicial cooperation
Reporters Without Borders
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What, exactly, did Côte d'Ivoire know about the operation that led to the arrest of Hugues Comlan Sossoukpè, director of the Beninese investigative media outlet Olofofo, on 10 July in Abidjan — and did it actively participate? RSF, which revealed...
Nigeria News4 minutes ago Okpebholo Fumes Over Slow Pace Of Benin-Sapele Road Project, Summons Contractors Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of work on the ongoing Benin-Sapele Road project, despite…
Naija News
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August 18, 2025
Naija News reports that the governor, who personally drove through the 20-kilometre stretch on Sunday evening, ordered contractors handling the Edo State-funded section to appear before him and explain the delays or face sanctions. Okpebholo,...
Watchdog demands I. Coast probe journalist's handover to Benin
Modern Ghana
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Reporters Without Borders on Monday urged Ivory Coast to launch an investigation into the "manifestly illegal extradition" of a refugee journalist from Benin critical of his home country's president. The press freedom watchdog, known by its French...
3 Die In Benin Road Crash
Leadership
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August 18, 2025
Three persons were reportedly killed on Sunday in Auchi, Edo State, when two trucks, one belonging to Dangote Cement, an unidentified truck and a GLK Benz were involved in an accident in front of Omega Fire Ministry at about midday. In a viral...
1 dead, 44 missing as bus plunges into river in Benin
CGTN
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A bus carrying 54 people plunged into a river in central Benin early Sunday, leaving one dead and 44 missing, the country's Ministry of the Interior and Public Security said. The bus, traveling from Togo's capital Lome to Niger's capital Niamey,...
One dead, 44 missing in Benin after bus plunges into river: govt
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 17, 2025
One person died and forty-four are missing after a bus plunged from a bridge into the Oueme River in central Benin overnight, the interior minister said Sunday. The driver of the bus, travelling from Lome to Niamey, lost control after hitting the...
Fighting Crime: Edo Police Command Arrests Officer, Three Civilians Over Robbery And Extortion In Benin
ITV
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August 17, 2025
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a serving police officer and three civilians in connection with extortion, brutality, and armed robbery against residents of Benin City. In a statement released by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Moses...
1 dead, 44 missing after bus plunges into river in central Benin
Xinhua News Agency
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COTONOU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- A bus carrying 54 people plunged into a river in central Benin early Sunday, leaving one dead and 44 missing, the country's Ministry of the Interior and Public Security said. The bus, traveling from Togo's capital Lome...
One dead, 44 missing in Benin after bus plunges into river - Official
Punch
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August 17, 2025
One person died and forty-four are missing after a bus plunged from a bridge into the Oueme River in central Benin overnight, the interior minister said Sunday. The driver of the bus, travelling from Lome to Niamey, lost control after hitting the...
Police arrest officer, others for robbery in Benin
Punch
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August 17, 2025
The Edo Police Command has nabbed a serving police officer and three other accomplices for allegedly terrorising residents of Benin through acts of brutality, extortion, and armed robbery. The command spokesperson, Moses Yamu, disclosed this in a...
Police arrest officer, civilians for extortion, robbery in Benin
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 17, 2025
The police command in Edo has arrested a serving police officer and three civilians for allegedly terrorising residents of Benin through acts of brutality, extortion, and armed robbery. CSP Moses Yamu, the command’s Public Relations Officer,...
EFCC Arrests 47 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin, Recover Rifle
Lagos Post Online
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August 16, 2025
Home/Crime/EFCC Arrests 47 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin, Recover Rifle CrimeHeadlines The operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 47 suspected internet fraudsters in...
Efcc Arrests 47 ‘internet Fraudsters’ In Benin, Recovers Pump Action Ri
The Nigerian Voice
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced the arrest of 47 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin, Edo State capital. It was learnt that operatives of the anti-graft commission also recovered a Pump Action rifle and live...
FG pledges steady gas supply to Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 15, 2025
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to ensuring steady gas supply to neighbouring countries, including Benin Republic, Togo, and Ghana, to combat energy poverty and foster economic prosperity in West African nations. The Minister of...
EFCC nabs 47 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin, recovers rifle
The Sun Nigeria
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August 15, 2025
From Sola Ojo, Abuja Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 47 suspected internet fraudsters in Edo State with a pump action rifle and live cartridges, recovered from one of...
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY: Experts Warn Against Excessive Use Of Fluoride And Glyphosate In Benin City
ITV
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August 15, 2025
Experts have raised alarms over the excessive use of harmful chemicals such as glyphosate and fluoride, highlighting the urgent need for increased public awareness. This was the central theme of the Detox 25 campaign, organized by Project SPRINT...
EFCC Hands Over N100m To FG, Recovers Rifle, Cartridges in Benin Raid
The Will
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August 15, 2025
August 15, (THEWILL) — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Friday, presented a draft of N100 million recovered from defaulting mining companies in Akwa Ibom State to the Federal Ministry of Solid Mineral Development. The Uyo Zonal...
EFCC arrests 47 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin
Punch
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August 15, 2025
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 47 suspected internet fraudsters in Edo State. The EFCC disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Friday, noting that a pump action rifle and...