Benin Republic on Saturday placed a former defence minister and prominent opposition politician, Candide Azannai, in pre-trial detention as part of investigations into the failed coup attempt earlier this month. According to an AFP journalist, Azannai was accused of plotting Read more…
Chabi Yayi, son of former Beninese President and opposition leader Thomas Boni Yayi, was arrested early Sunday at his residence, several of his relatives have confirmed. No official reason has been provided for his arrest, which comes a week after Read more…
The African Action Congress, AAC, has criticised the Bola Tinubu-led administration over its decision to launch a military operation against fleeing coup plotters in the Benin Republic. In a statement issued on Tuesday, AAC National Publicity Secretary Rex I. Elanu Read more…
The Government of the Republic of Benin has confirmed multiple deaths following a failed coup attempt over the weekend, including the wife of a top military official and the fatal wounding of the president’s military chief of staff. Details of Read more…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the gallantry of Nigeria’s military on Sunday for responding swiftly to the request by the Government of Benin Republic to save its 35-year-old democracy from coup plotters who struck at dawn today. Acting on Read more…
Former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, on Sunday, raised suspicions about the foiled coup attempt in the Benin Republic, suggesting that President Patrice Talon might have been aware of the plot and could have even allowed it to unfold as a Read more…
Military officers in the Benin Republic have taken control of the federal government. Naija News learnt that a group of soldiers on Sunday Morning, December 7, 2025, announced the dissolution of the current government during a national broadcast. The group, Read more…
At least 18 Super Eagles players have arrived at the team’s Polokwane camp ahead of their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Lesotho on Friday and Benin Republic on Tuesday. This was disclosed in a post via Super Eagles’ official Read more…
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has shared the story of a Nigerian pastor who is imprisoned in the Benin Republic on rape charges. Ojukwu revealed that the clergyman identified as Benjamin Egbaji, from Cross River State, Read more…