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 …