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Insidethegames.biz (blog)
April 25, 2018
The IPC have sent their “sincere condolences to his family and friends.” Benin made their Paralympic debut at the 2000 Games and have competed at every Summer Paralympic Games since but have failed to win a single medal in that tine. Benin have never sent athletes to the Winter Paralympic Games.
Asharq Al-awsat English
April 24, 2018
Despite an official campaign against endemic corruption, Paraguay remains 135th out of 180 countries on the 2017 corruption index of Transparency ... Benin's Minister of State for Planning and Development Abdoulaye Bio Tchane said that in order to fight corruption and hold all corrupt accountable, lawsÃâà...
International Paralympic Committee
April 24, 2018
Adechi was a Para athlete between 1997 and 2009, competing in national and regional levels and travelling to various African countries. Three years later, he took part in an athletics Technical Officials Learning Programme in Dakar, Senegal. In 2013, he was named BPC Deputy Secretary General and,Ãâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
April 24, 2018
Life of Head of the Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad will be threatened if Iran is allowed to wage a war against Israel from Syria, a minister close to .... Benin's Minister of State for Planning and Development Abdoulaye Bio Tchane said that in order to fight corruption and hold all corrupt accountable, laws andÃâà...
The Punch
April 14, 2018
Alexander Okere, Benin. A yet-to-be identified armed officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service have brutalised a motorist for alleged reckless driving which resulted in an auto crash in the Oredo Local ... But the woman's plea did not pacify the prison official, who was heard saying that he forbade begging.
Vanguard
April 4, 2018
BENIN—EDO State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the farm land belonging to the Benin Owena River Basin Authority, ... at Obayantor, Sapele Road axis of Benin City was in the early hours yesterday invaded by thugs allegedly mobilised by a top state government official.
AllAfrica.com
April 3, 2018
Noting that Nigeria was on the way towards self-sufficiency in rice production by 2020, the minister, nevertheless, expressed concern that foreign rice producing nations, aided by Benin, were undermining the plans of the Federal Government. Mohammed said: "The agricultural revolution in general and theÃâà...
New Telegraph Newspaper
March 8, 2018
As part of effort to curb human trafficking in the state, the Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, was said to have invited junior and senior priests and priestesses, native doctors, traditional religious groups, all Benin chiefs and dukes, village heads, market women leaders, directors and officials of NAPTIP, amongÃâà...
Vanguard
March 7, 2018
Similarly, officials of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, are also invited. ... According to the Minister, the Benin MRC would complement the centres in Lagos and Abuja as an authentic one-stop shop where potential and returnee migrants would access relevant migrationÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 7, 2018
6 March 2018, Benin - Climate change has negative impacts on food security and livelihoods in Benin, where 70 percent of the population, especially in ... adverse effects of climate change and climate variability,” said Mr. Abdoulaye Bio Tchane, Senior Minister in Charge of Planning and Development.
Daily Trust
March 6, 2018
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige says Nigeria is finding it tough to tackle migration issues. The Minister who said this while speaking at the handing over of equipment and launching of the Migration Resource Centre (MRC) in Benin City, Edo State on Monday, assured that theÃâà...
New Telegraph Newspaper
March 6, 2018
Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, yesterday said the Federal Government had approved the upgrade of the Benin Airport to ... Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, represented by his deputy, Ude Oko at the event, lauded Senator Ohuabunwa for attracting the project to the zone. IkpeazuÃâà...
Vanguard
March 6, 2018
“The effort this administration has made since assuming office is gradually paying off with the assurance coming from the Minister that in a couple of months, work will commence in Benin Airport to upgrade it to international standard,” Obaseki said. He added, “This administration is working hard to transformÃâà...
Mongabay.com
December 31, 1999
Anti-trafficking authorities have seized 513 kilograms (1,131 pounds) of pangolin scales at Cotonou airport in the West African country of Benin, the Beninese ... The ZSL said the March bust in Benin was likely the most significant confiscation of wildlife products ever by the country's law enforcement officials.
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
Now modern-day Benin, the seat of the former Dahomey kingdom, may have the best chance to date of getting them back, as French President Emmanuel ... daughter of Benin's former prime minister and president of the Zinsou Foundation, an organization in the main city, Cotonou, that promotes African art.
Newsday
December 31, 1999
LAGOS, Nigeria — Health authorities say a Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has reached a record high and there are suspected cases in neighboring Benin as well. Nigeria has reported 317 confirmed cases in two months, more than the total for all of last year. The World Health Organization says there areÃâà...
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