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FG begins urgent repairs on Shagamu-Benin bridge
Punch
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September 2, 2025
The Federal Ministry of Works has announced urgent intervention on the damaged deck of the Benin-bound section of the Shagamu-Benin carriageway, assuring road users of a swift and lasting solution. In a statement signed by Special Adviser (Media)...
Ghana shines with three medals at 2025 Zone 3 Beach Volleyball Championship
MyJoyOnline
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September 2, 2025
Ghana’s beach volleyball teams impressed at the 2025 CAVB Zone 3 Nations Beach Volleyball Championship, held from 26–29 August in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, by clinching three medals. The men’s team secured both gold and bronze, while the women’s...
Federal Government of Nigeria Bolsters Border Security in Response to New Ebola Outbreak Concerns
Alexa.ng
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September 6, 2025
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to intensify border control measures in response to growing concerns about a new Ebola virus outbreak in the region. This decision follows reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...
EMBER Months: Avoid night travel, drunk-driving, FRSC cautions motorists
New National Star
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September 1, 2025
BY UZOR OGECHI MARY The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun State Command, has cautioned motorists to avoid overspeeding, night journeys, and drunk-driving as the year gradually winds down into the ember months. According to the News Agency of...
Lagos residents drown in soaring rents amid weak housing policy
Punch
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September 6, 2025
As rent prices soar out of control in Lagos, families face the threat of homelessness amid an unregulated housing market, writes IBRAHIM ADAM On a cloudy Tuesday evening, Adeola (second name withheld), a civil servant with the Lagos State...
US removes 2,310 Nigerians
Punch
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September 6, 2025
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has removed at least 2,310 Nigerian nationals from the country between 2014 and 2024. A review of the agency’s annual reports and appendices also revealed that 20 removals have been recorded so...
Maryland Cycling Classic: Champs from France, Poland overcome crashes, rain
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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September 6, 2025
Speed and strength are key components to winning a professional bike race. Staying upright might be nearly as important. On a day when crashes, flat tires and heavy rains took out several competitors, Sandy Dujardin, a French rider for Team...
FRSC warns against night travel, drunk-driving in ‘ember months’ campaign
Punch
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September 1, 2025
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun Command, has advised motorists to reduce speed during the ’ember months’ to stem unnecessary road crashes. FRSC Commander in charge of Sagamu-Ore-Benin Expressway, Nasir Mohammed, gave the advice in an interview...
Taking the game to every Zimbabwean
The Sunday Mail (Zimbabwe)
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September 6, 2025
Inside ZIFA Nqobile Magwizi THE training pitch hums with energy. Young voices rise and fall, speaking in different languages and dialects, each player determined to make themselves heard to ensure their instructions are understood. At first, the...
Super Eagles edge Wasps to revive World Cup hopes
Punch
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September 6, 2025
The Super Eagles edged Rwanda 1-0 at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo to revive their 2026 World Cup qualifying hopes in a crucial Group C encounter on Saturday. Substitute Tolu Arokodare proved to be the hero, scoring the only...
Tolu Arokodare keeps Super Eagles’ World Cup campaign alive in qualifier
Peoples Gazette
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September 6, 2025
Tolu Arokodare proved to be Nigeria’s hero in Uyo on Saturday, scoring the only goal that gave the Super Eagles a vital 1-0 win over Rwanda in their World Cup qualifier. The hard-fought win keeps Nigeria’s hopes of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA...
Passengers, drivers divided as pastors clash in Benin motor park
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 1, 2025
Drama unfolded at Ologbo Park, by Agip Filling Station along Sapele Road, Benin City, when a popular evangelist, identified as Pastor Evidence, chased away a fellow pastor who had come to preach to passengers travelling from Benin to Warri, Delta...
Motorists, passengers stranded as truck falls on Lagos-Benin Expressway
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 31, 2025
…calls on Minister to fix failed portion of a bridge on highway Some road users and artillery truck drivers trapped on the Lagos-Benin Expressway have called on the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to urgently fix the failed portion of a bridge...
MICE CAFE: E-Visa Now or Never: VoyagesAfriq’s Samuel Obeng says Ghana’s tourism boom needs a digital gateway
Business and Financial Times
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August 31, 2025
Ghana has been riding a wave of tourism success in recent years, transforming itself into one of Africa’s most attractive destinat ins. This resurgence is no accident. Landmark campaigns such as the Year of Return in 2019 and its follow-up, Beyond...
Insurance, Shooting battle to stalemate in Benin
Punch
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August 30, 2025
Bendel Insurance and Shooting Stars played out a 1-1 draw in Benin on Saturday in a tightly contested Nigeria Premier Football League matchday two fixture that saw both sides still searching for their first win of the season, PUNCH Sports Extra...
NPFL Match Day 2: Insurance, Shooting Stars share points in Benin
Eagle Online
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August 30, 2025
It was shared points at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, Edo State as Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan secured their first point of the 2025/2026 league season after the home team, Bendel Insurance, forced them to a 1-1 draw on Saturday....
Edo Governor, Okpebholo saves lives in dramatic Benin-Auchi road accident response
National Accord Newspaper
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August 30, 2025
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has demonstrated remarkable leadership by personally leading the rescue of victims from a severe multi-vehicle accident on the Benin-Auchi Road near the bypass. While traveling to Irrua in Esan Central Local...
JUST-IN: 18 Passengers Abducted In Edo-owned Transport Bus
Leadership
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September 6, 2025
Eighteen (18) passengers travelling along the Benin-Auchi Highway in the newly floated Edo Line, were on Friday kidnapped in Edo State. The victims who were said to be Abuja bound passengers were forced into the bush by the daredevil kidnappers...
Gunmen abduct 18 Abuja-bound passengers in Edo
The Cable
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September 6, 2025
At least 18 passengers travelling on the Benin-Auchi highway in Edo state were abducted by gunmen on Friday. The victims, who were heading to Abuja in a newly launched Edo Line bus, were forced into the bush before operatives of the police arrived...
Pedaling Equality: How Benin’s Women Are Changing the Face of African Cycling
The Baltimore Times - Maryland
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August 29, 2025
Team Africa Rising (TAR) and the Benin Cycling Federation (FEBECY) united in 2019 during the African Continental Championships in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Team Africa Rising, the founding entity of Rwanda’s National Cycling Team, had recently...