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Nigeria, Benin Republic sign agreement to deepen bilateral relations
The Cable
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June 22, 2025
Nigeria and the Republic of Benin have signed a landmark agreement to deepen bilateral cooperation and set a precedent for broader collaboration across the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). According to the presidency, the...
Nigeria, Benin sign integration pact as Tinubu, Talon push regional reforms
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 21, 2025
Nigeria and the Republic of Benin on Saturday signed a historic agreement aimed at deepening bilateral integration and setting the pace for broader regional cooperation across West Africa. The pact was signed in Abuja during the inaugural West...
Tinubu to advance economic integration at the West Africa Economic summit
Eagle Online
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June 21, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Saturday, attend the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja. The Economic Summit, which enters its second and final day on Saturday, precedes the 67th...
Stolen history returns: Netherlands hands back 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Malay Mail
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June 22, 2025
LAGOS, June 22 — The Netherlands yesterday officially handed back to Nigeria 119 precious ancient sculptures, stolen from the former kingdom of Benin more than 120 years ago during the colonial era. It is the latest return of artefacts to Africa,...
Tinubu to attend West Africa Economic Summit in Abuja today
Nigerian Eye
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June 21, 2025
President Bola Tinubu will attend the 2025 West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja, today. In a statement on Saturday, Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to Tinubu, said the economic summit,...
West Africa must break trade barriers to unlock $500bn regional potential – Okonjo-Iweala
New Mail
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June 21, 2025
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has urged West African leaders to dismantle trade barriers, reduce costs, and think regionally to unlock the subregion’s $500 billion economic potential and secure...
Tinubu’s Mandate From Day One Was To Bring Back All Nigerian Artefacts, Says Culture Minister Musawa
Arise News
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June 21, 2025
In a historic moment that marks Nigeria’s single largest physical repatriation of cultural property, Nigeria’s Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, declared that the return of 119 Benin Bronzes from the...
Tinubu to champion integration at W’Africa economic summit
Punch
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June 21, 2025
President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, June 21, 2025, (today) attend the West Africa Economic Summit at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja. The Economic Summit, which enters its second and final day on Saturday, precedes...
PHOTOS: Nigeria receives 119 looted Benin bronzes from Netherlands
The Cable
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June 21, 2025
Nigeria has received 119 bronzes looted during the 1897 British raid on Benin City from the Netherlands. The handover ceremony took place on Saturday at the National Museum in Lagos, where four of the artefacts were displayed. Hannatu Musawa,...
Nigeria, Benin sign integration agreement, as Tinubu, Talon call for urgent regional reforms
The Sun Nigeria
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June 21, 2025
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja Nigeria and the Republic of Benin took a significant step towards deeper bilateral integration on Saturday, June 21, by signing an agreement aimed at strengthening cooperation and serving as a model for broader...
West Africa must unite economically, not wait for the world, says Tinubu
Punch
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June 21, 2025
The Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States and President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, has called on West African nations to urgently pursue economic unity, policy alignment, and aggressive investment to secure a prosperous future...
Okpebholo Gives Reasons for Recalling Suspended Executive Secretary of Edo State Primary Health Care Devt Agency
This Day
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June 21, 2025
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City Reasons have emerged on why Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpeholo, restored Dr. Coulsdon Oahimire as Executive Secretary of State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (EDSPHCDA). Governor Okpebholo suspended Dr....
WAES: Single visa, unified digital identity seen boosting regional trade, integration
Business Day
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June 21, 2025
Stakeholders on Friday in Abuja made strong recommendations for the adoption of single visa and unified identify systems to boost regional integration trade in West Africa. The panel made up of experts, while debating the topic of “Regional Access...
No Plan To Rejig Economic Policies That Are Working — Tinubu Presidency Insists On Controversial Reforms
Sahara Reporters
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The Nigerian government led by President Bola Tinubu has dismissed growing calls to reverse or rework its economic policies, insisting that the ongoing reforms are producing “positive results” and that there is no reason to “rejig” what it...
Just In: Tinubu To Attend West Africa Economic Summit (WAES)
Naija News
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June 21, 2025
Naija News reports that this was made known in a statement by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The Economic Summit, which enters its second and final day on Saturday, precedes the 67th Ordinary Summit of the...
Edo governorship election: Tinubu, governors, others hail Okpebholo’s victory
Alexa.ng
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July 11, 2025
President Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Southern Governors’ Forum, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike and others have hailed the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed the victory of Governor Monday...
South-South Tinubu Volunteers Group Unveils Mandate, Inaugurates Secretariat In Benin City
ITV
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June 20, 2025
The South-South Tinubu Volunteers have reaffirmed their resolve to support the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, in actualizing the Renewed Hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu. This came to the fore during a press briefing attended...
Sahara Issue: Benin Reaffirms Support for Moroccan Autonomy Plan
Hespress
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June 20, 2025
HESPRESS English – Morocco News Politics with MAPFriday 20 June 2025 - 22:41 Benin has reiterated its support for Morocco’s Autonomy Initiative as a serious and credible solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara, during the United Nations...
Police bars Ijaws, Itsekiris, Urhobos from referring to each other as customary tenants, as AIG zone 5 Benin meets stakeholders
The Sun Nigeria
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June 20, 2025
From Joe Obukata Ogbodu, Warri The Assistant Inspector-General of Police Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin City, AIG Salman-Dogo Garba, has banned stakeholders from Ijaw, Itsekiri and Urhobo ethnic nationalities in Warri, Delta State from referring to...
Foreign Affairs Minister promises 'action' and reform (Canada)
Castanet Kamloops
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June 20, 2025
Photo: The Canadian Press Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand arrives for a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Faced with escalating conflict in the Middle East, a...