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President Tinubu Expresses Happiness Nigeria Troops Foil Coup In Benin https://ift.tt/695bAsc #Breaking News #Benin #Cotonou #Talon #Tigri #Tinubu ©December 7th, 2025 ®December 8, 2025 12:14 am President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has expressed happiness that Nigeria Troops both air and land soldiers have successfully foiled the coup attempt in Benin Republic on Sunday, saying, latest report from the Benin Republic indicated that Colonel Pascal Tigri, the leader of the mutineers who seized the country's National Television on Sunday, is on the run and some other members of the group have been arrested as the defence and security forces in the country thwarted the attempted putsch, and, according to the Nigeria President, Nigeria government acted on two separate requests from the Government of Benin Republic, saying, President Tinubu "first ordered Nigerian Air Force fighter jets to enter the country and take over the airspace to help dislodge the coup plotters from the National TV and a military camp where they had regrouped" and secondly ordered ground troops into the Benin Republic territory which the Nigeria military troops have been confirmed to have taken positions in both air and land space in the Benin Republic with some local residents saying a few minutes ago that the gun battle is still ongoing. #OsazuwaAkonedo

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President Tinubu Expresses Happiness Nigeria Troops Foil Coup In Benin https://ift.tt/695bAsc Breaking News Benin Cotonou Talon Tigri Tinubu ©December 7th, 2025 ®December 8, 2025 12:14 am President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has expressed happiness that Nigeria Troops both air and land soldiers have successfully foiled the coup attempt in Benin Republic on Sunday, saying, latest report from the Benin Republic indicated that Colonel Pascal Tigri, the leader of the mutineers who seized the country's National Television on Sunday, is on the run and some other members of the group have been arrested as the defence and security forces in the country thwarted the attempted putsch, and, according to the Nigeria President, Nigeria government acted on two separate requests from the Government of Benin Republic, saying, President Tinubu "first ordered Nigerian Air Force fighter jets to enter the country and take over the airspace to help dislodge the coup plotters from the National TV and a military camp where they had regrouped" and secondly ordered ground troops into the Benin Republic territory which the Nigeria military troops have been confirmed to have taken positions in both air and land space in the Benin Republic with some local residents saying a few minutes ago that the gun battle is still ongoing. OsazuwaAkonedo

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President Tinubu Expresses Happiness Nigeria Troops Foil Coup In Benin https://ift.tt/695bAsc #Breaking News #Benin #Cotonou #Talon #Tigri #Tinubu ©December 7th, 2025 ®December 8, 2025 12:14 am President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has expressed happiness that Nigeria Troops both air and land soldiers have successfully foiled the coup attempt in Benin Republic on Sunday, saying, latest report from the Benin Republic indicated that Colonel Pascal Tigri, the leader of the mutineers who seized the country's National Television on Sunday, is on the run and some other members of the group have been arrested as the defence and security forces in the country thwarted the attempted putsch, and, according to the Nigeria President, Nigeria government acted on two separate requests from the Government of Benin Republic, saying, President Tinubu "first ordered Nigerian Air Force fighter jets to enter the country and take over the airspace to help dislodge the coup plotters from the National TV and a military camp where they had regrouped" and secondly ordered ground troops into the Benin Republic territory which the Nigeria military troops have been confirmed to have taken positions in both air and land space in the Benin Republic with some local residents saying a few minutes ago that the gun battle is still ongoing. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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Police Officers Operating As Criminal Gang Arrested In Edo https://ift.tt/GWEHQ69 #Aduwawa #Agbonika #Disu #Edo #Rilwan #Teboga #Igp #Police Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF has announced the arrest of some serving and already dismissed police officers who worked together as a criminal gang terrorizing members of the public in Edo State, the state Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika who made this known in a press release made available a few hours ago, said the arrest was a major breakthrough against the suspected criminal elements pretending to be law enforcement officers to perpetrate heinous crimes within the state capital, Benin City and its environs, it may be recalled that there have been outcry by residents in Edo state that law enforcement officers are committing or participating in criminal activities in the state, specifically, in August 2025, some of policemen alongside some civilians were accused of abducting a resident in Benin City, the syndicate was said to have used a silver Toyota Yaris to terrorise citizens, seizing their phones and belongings through intimidation and armed robbery, in December 2025, four policemen were accused of extorting ₦980,000 from a local artisan, Goodness Onyeka, after assaulting him, earlier in September 2025, the Edo State Police Command reportedly recovered and returned ₦300,000 extorted from a furniture maker by officers attached to the Oba Market Area Command in Benin City, May 2025, six officers, including a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, were summoned to Abuja after a viral video showed them demanding either ₦5,000 or 5 litres of fuel from motorists for lacking Electronic Central Motor Registry, e-CMR proof—a policy that had actually been suspended then, also in August 2025, six officers were disciplined for extorting ₦2 million from members of the National Association of Seadogs near Benin City after they reportedly used a Point of Sale, POS, machine to withdraw the funds unlawfully. #OsazuwaAkonedo

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