Togo, Niger, and Benin owe Nigeria $17.8m, an equivalent of over N25 billion at the current exchange rate, for electricity supplied under bilateral arrangements, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. In its Third Quarter 2025 report, NERC disclosed that the three international customers were invoiced a total of $18.69m by th...
•Troops Around a dozen soldiers have been arrested in Benin following an attempted coup, including the ringleaders of the foiled operation, military and security sources said today. One source said 13 arrests had been made, with another adding that all the detainees were soldiers in active service except one who was ex-military, reports AFP. &...
•Nigeria’s Super Eagles The Super Eagles face a decisive showdown against Benin Republic on Tuesday in Uyo as the race for the 2026 FIFA World Cup intensifies, with Nigeria needing a win and favourable results elsewhere to keep their qualification hopes alive. The Super Eagles boosted their qualification hopes yesterday with a hard-fough...
•Iyaloja Controversy has continued to trail the recent installation of Pastor Josephine Ibhaguezejele by the Iyaloja-General of Market Women Association, Mrs Folashade Ojo-Tinubu, as the Iyaloja of Edo State, a title that literally means head of markets in the state. The uproar stems from the unfamiliarity of the title within Benin’s cultural ...
•The suspects The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 92 suspected internet fraudsters in Edo State. They were apprehended in a sting operation on Monday, September 29, 2025, at various locations within Benin City, reports The PUNCH. According to a statement by the Commission issued via X today...
•Nigerian students Despite the federal government’s hammer on degrees obtained from universities in Togo and Benin Republic, Nigerian youth continue to seek higher education in these neighbouring French-speaking countries. This article reveals why the youths are undaunted by the government’s blacklist of certificates from such universities and...
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 25 suspected internet fraudsters in a alleged cybercrime training centre in Benin City, Edo State. A statement by the commission yesterday said the suspects were arrested on Thursday. The EFCC said the suspects arrested at their hideo...
•Tinubu The federal government has fired some civil servants with degrees from private tertiary institutions in Benin Republic and Togo. The directive affected federal workers who graduated from the institutions from 2017 to date, reports The PUNCH. The Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Governme...
•Federal Secretariat, Abuja Some federal civil servants at the weekend were gripped with fear over the security of their jobs following claims that the government has started weeding out those who obtained their degree certificates from unrecognised universities in Benin Republic and Togo. The situation was heightened by a post on the verified...
•Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman The decision to invalidate degree certificates obtained from some universities in Togo and Benin Republic from 2017 till date has left over 22,000 Nigerian graduates of the institutions confused and with their fate hanging in the balance, it was gathered. A group, the Coalition of Stakeholders in Educa...

