Benin Republic

Nigeria’s Boundaries With Neighbours, Artificial – Gambari

August 16, 2022 6:45 am

The Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, has pointed out that the boundaries between Nigeria and neighbouring countries are artificial in every sense of it.

He made this assertion while speaking at a reception he organised in honour of the two principal officers of the president recently honoured by the President of Niger, Mohammed Bazoum.

The State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Lawal Kazaure, and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Household and Domestic Affairs, Sarkin Ada, were the two aides who most recently received the greatest honour bestowed upon Nigerien citizens.

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Yoruba Nation: Soyinka Visits Igboho In Cotonou

May 3, 2022 1:21 am

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, travelled to Cotonou, Benin Republic, to visit Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho where he held a meeting with the activist.

He was sighted at the Seme border around noon crossing to Cotonou, the capital city of Benin Republic, where he was ‘mobbed’ by a crowd while waiting to complete immigration formalities.

He was repeatedly quizzed by journalists where he was headed. His response was that he was on a visit to the Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Igboho to ‘break the Muslim fast with him.’

Reminded that neither he …

Buratai Meets Beninese President Amid Sunday Igboho’s Trial

July 29, 2021 3:20 am

Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai (retd.), on Wednesday met with the Benin Republic President, Patrice Talon, as the Nigerian envoy and presented his letter of credence to him.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Buratai met with Talon on Tuesday, amidst the ongoing trial of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) in the West African country.

Sources said both dignitaries discussed the issue behind closed doors with insinuations that Buratai was, until yesterday, not officially recognised in the Francophone country.

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How Interpol Arrested Igboho, Wife In Cotonou – Lawyer

July 20, 2021 6:17 pm

The lawyer to popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has revealed that his client was nabbed by the International Criminal Police Organisation in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

Igboho’s lawyer who’s name is Yomi Alliyu (SAN), stated this in a statement on Tuesday just a few hours after the Yoruba nation freedom fighter was arrested in an airport in Cotonou while allegedly making moves to fly to an European country which has been alleged to be Germany.