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Nigerian Foreign Minister Woos US Govt With Mineral Resources In Exchange For Visa Access For Government Officials, Businessmen
Sahara Reporters
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has signalled a strategic offer to the United States: access to critical earth minerals in exchange for easing visa restrictions on government officials. Speaking during the 54th...
BREAKING: US visa restrictions on ECOWAS countries threaten regional prosperity — Minister
Punch
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June 18, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Economic Community of West African States Mediation and Security Council, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has raised concerns over the apparent inclusion of all ECOWAS member states in a new wave of United...
FG Cancels ₦35 Billion Benin-Sapele-Warri Road Contract
Naija News
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June 18, 2025
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, confirmed this development during a briefing following a meeting with the Chief Executives of GELD Construction Ltd and SKECC Nigeria Ltd regarding the delays in the execution of the Benin-Sapele-Warri road...
FG orders termination of Benin-Sapele-Warri road contract over non-performance
Tribune Online
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June 18, 2025
The Federal Government through the Minister of Works, David Umahi, has ordered the termination of the contract with Levant Construction Ltd on the reconstruction of Benin-Sapele-Warri Road (Section 1: Benin-Imasabor) being executed under Road...
Umahi terminates Benin–Warri road contract, seeks refund
Punch
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June 18, 2025
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has terminated the contract awarded to Levant Construction Limited over its failure to deliver on the Benin–Sapele–Warri road project. The road, a major federal highway, is being reconstructed under the Road...
Edo Sickle Cell Club Seeks Media Partnership, Policy Support
ITV
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June 18, 2025
As the world prepares to commemorate World Sickle Cell Day on June 19, members of the Edo Sickle Cell Club, Edo State Chapter, have begun advocacy visits to key stakeholders in a bid to raise awareness and strengthen support for persons living...
Okpebholo: Private, Commercial Houses Built Along Waterways in Benin GRA to Be Demolished
This Day
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June 18, 2025
•Engages experts to understudy flood-prone areas AdibeEmenyonu in Benin City Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has disclosed plans by his administration to begin demolition of private and commercial houses built along waterways to pave...
Flood: Okpebholo vows to demolish houses, property on waterways in Benin City
Daily Post
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June 17, 2025
The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has threatened to demolish houses and properties built in the Government Reservation Areas in Benin City. DAILY POST reports that the Governor, however, assured that compensation would be paid to property...
Moving Markets: How Women Traders Transform the Nigeria-Benin Border Economy
Daily Trust
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June 16, 2025
At the buzzing frontier town of Idiroko, located in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, commerce flows with an intensity that mirrors the unyielding spirit of the women who drive it. Positioned strategically along Nigeria’s border with the...
Philippine Ambassador Presents Letter Of Credence As Permanent Representative To The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
MENAFN
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June 17, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Philippine Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria Mr. Mersole J. Mellejor presented his Letter of Credence signed by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo, designating him as Philippine Permanent...
AP News: Trump administration demands action from 36 countries to avoid travel ban
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has given 36 countries, most of them in Africa, a Wednesday deadline to commit to improve vetting or face a ban on their citizens visiting the United States. A weekend diplomatic cable sent by the State...
Nigeria’s Quiet Economic Reordering
Equity Media
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June 16, 2025
For years, Nigeria’s economy staggered under the weight of distortions that rewarded insiders and punished the wider population. Billions of dollars were drained each year to sustain fuel subsidies—a scheme that, while politically popular, served...
I can’t trade my mandate for bowl of porridge, Edo lawmaker vows to remain in PDP
The Sun Nigeria
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June 16, 2025
From Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin As the All Progressives Congress (APC) flings its door open for members of other political parties to enter, the member representing Ovia North East Constituency II at the Edo State House of Assembly on the platform of...
West Africa’s hidden border economy: A journey through migrant suffering and state complicity
The Cable
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June 16, 2025
BY LEKAN OLAYIWOLA I travelled the human trafficking, smuggling, and irregular migration corridor across Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Ghana recently, not as a tourist or aid worker, but as an independent researcher. My return journey, late in the...
African president states imperialists attempting to dissemble Sahel confederation
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) The interim president of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traore, has accused external powers of trying to undermine the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) by pressuring members to break away from the pact. During a flag-raising ceremony on...
Supreme Court denies alleged political visit
Prompt News Online
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June 14, 2025
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has denied claims circulating on social media and online platforms suggesting that one of its Justices traveled to Benin City for political reasons. In a statement released on Saturday by Dr. Festus Akande, Director of...
Global Yoruba Nation Coordinators Hold 'Strategic Meeting' In Benin Republic, Vow To Intensify Push For Self-Determination
Sahara Reporters
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Coordinators of the Yoruba Nation movement from across Nigeria and the diaspora convened in Cotonou, Benin Republic, on Tuesday for a strategic meeting aimed at strengthening their campaign for self-determination and the creation of an independent...
VIDEO: Minister visits as 64, 000 candidates seek admission into Nigeria ‘s Unity schools
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 14, 2025
Up to 64,000 candidates, Saturday, sat for the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for admission into Unity Schools across the federation, comprising 30,000 male and 34,000 female candidates. The National Common Entrance Examination was...
Supreme Court Debunks Allegations of Justice’s Political Trip to Edo
This Day
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June 15, 2025
Alex Enumah in Abuja The Supreme Court has refuted allegations circulating on social media and certain online platforms that a Justice of the apex court travelled to Benin City for reasons related to a political case. In a statement signed by the...
S'Court debunks allegations of justice’s political trip
Punch
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June 14, 2025
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has refuted allegations circulating on social media and certain online platforms that a Justice of the apex court travelled to Benin City for reasons related to a political case. In a press statement signed by the...