Benin Republic foils ‘coup attempt’, arrests commander, ex-minister Benin Republic prosecutors said that they had foiled a suspected coup attempt scheduled to take place on Friday. In a statement on Wednesday, Special Prosecutor at Benin’s court for Financial Crimes and Terrorism, Elonm Metonou said that a former Sports Minister, Oswald Homeky was caught on Tuesday night handing over six bags …

Victor Osimhen will start from the bench as the Super Eagles of Nigeria take on the Benin Republic at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium on Saturday. The encounter is the beginning of the qualification stages for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Ademola Lookman and Victor Boniface are selected to spearhead the attack in the absence of Osimhen, …

Nigeria’s Super Eagles topped Group D of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers by beating the The Cheetahs of next-door Benin Republic 3-0 in the clash at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, Saturday evening. Libya and Rwanda, the other sides in the group, had ended their Matchday 1 encounter 1-1 on Wednesday …

Nigeria put up another shoddy performance in a 2-1 defeat to Benin Republic in a 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C match-day 4 fixture at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan on Monday. Starting from a 1-1 draw against South Africa at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo three days earlier, the Super Eagles gave frustrated Nigerians a glimpse of …

Benin Republic will entertain neighbours Nigeria at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan in June. The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying Matchday four tie has been moved to Abidjan after the Benin Football Federation failed to provide a suitable ground to host the game. It will be a return to familiar territory for the Super Eagles, who were based in …

The Beninese government has received 215,900 doses of malaria vaccine at the Cotonou International Airport and will begin administering in February. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Beninese Minister of Health, Benjamin Hounkpatin, said the doses of vaccine were acquired by the government with the support of its partners in the health sector. The partners included the World Health Organisation (WHO), …

A suspected kidnapper and child trafficker, Tayo Adeleke, had confessed to the Ogun State Police Command how he and other members of his gang had been kidnapping children to sell in neighbouring Benin Republic. It was reported that Adeleke is currently in the police net, where he is being interrogated over an attempt he made with two other men, now …

The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), sitting in Abuja, has ordered the government of the Republic of Benin to pay Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, a sum of 20 million CFA. The court ordered that the money should be paid within three months for his unlawful …

Professor Babafemi Badejo is not a stranger to this column. Today he takes a look at the japa syndrome in Nigeria, as well as regaled us with his findings on a latest trip across the border to neighbouring Benin Republic. Are we making progress in this country or are we regressing? Read on: Mr Rufus and Mrs Esther Sami were …

The Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo (well known as Sunday Ighoho), has been released by the Government of Republic of Benin. In a statement on Monday, the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide said the activist was released to its leader, Prof. Banji Akintoye and his deputy. Prof. Wale Adeniran. The statement, issued by  Ilana Omo …