PRESIDENT TINUBU SAYS NIGERIA, BENIN REPUBLIC WILL COLLABORATE FOR CITIZENS BENEFIT.
Nigeria and Benin Republic will collaborate to explore their culture, history and demography for the benefit of the citizens.
President Bola Tinubu said this while speaking at a rare invitation as a Special Guest at the 63rd Independence anniversary of Republic of Benin.
Tinubu, who was invited by President Patrice Talon, noted that the proximity of the two countries, and similarity in economy, and outlook on development, makes it compulsory to collectively pursue same goal of growth.
"Nigeria and Benin Republic are conjoined twins. We are joined from one stomach. In every aspect, we are one and we share much in common,'' he said, during an interaction with journalists.
The president said the vision of political and economic stability of Nigeria and Benin can only be realized by working together, assuring that the partnership would be strengthened and upscaled at various levels.
Tinubu thanked Talon for the honor, and for also inviting six Nigerian governors, who graced the occasion.
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EVACUATED EUROPEAN NATIONALS FROM NIGER ARRIVE IN PARIS, ROME.
France began evacuating its citizens from Niger amid anti-French sentiment following last week's coup - 262 people arrived in Paris early on Wednesday.
The coup has prompted demonstrations against the former colonial power, with the French embassy coming under attack.
However, France says it has no plans to repatriate about 1,000 French soldiers stationed there as part of efforts to counter Islamist militants.
Germany has urged its nationals to take up France's offer to help other Europeans as Italy organised a flight which arrived in Rome just after 05:00 local time on Wednesday with 87 evacuees.
The plane was carrying 36 Italians, 21 Americans and one Briton.
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WEST AFRICA MILITARY CHIEFS MEET OVER NIGER COUP.
Military chiefs from West Africa's regional bloc, Ecowas, are meeting later on Wednesday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to discuss the military coup that took place in Niger last week.
The bloc previously warned it was giving Niger's new rulers a week to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum before it considered the use of force.
Overnight, the first of three French planes sent to evacuate European citizens arrived back in Paris with more than 250 people on board.
The evacuation comes after demonstrators attacked the French embassy on Sunday. Italy has also flown out dozens of its own nationals as well as other Europeans, and American citizens.
The military government has announced the re-opening of Niger's borders with Algeria, Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali and Chad.
However, the land border with Nigeria remains closed.
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TUNISIA'S PRESIDENT SACKS PRIME MINISTER.
Tunisia's autocratic President Kais Saied has sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden.
Bouden - the country's first ever female prime minister was hand-picked by President Saied to lead the government after he removed her predecessor two years ago and took control of almost all state powers.
Her dismissal was followed by the immediate swearing-in of another political unknown, Ahmed Hachani, who previously worked at the Tunisian central bank.
The move comes during a deepening economic and social crisis that has seen a shortage of many key commodities.
Bouden's government had supported an economic reform programme geared towards securing a $2bn IMF bailout.
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FORMER IVORY COAST PRESIDENT DIES AT EIGHTY-NINE.
Former Ivory Coast President Henri Konan Bedie, part of an old guard of politicians who dominated politics in the West African nation for a generation, has died, aged 89.
Bedie served as president from 1993 until his ouster in 1999 and later ran a losing race against his long-time political rival President Alassane Ouattara in elections in 2020, when he was 86 years old.
It is not clear how Bedie died.
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DRONES TARGET UKRAINE GRAIN STORES IN ODESA REGION.
A Russian drone strike has hit port facilities in the south of Ukraine's Odesa region, starting fires.
According to authorities, a grain silo and port infrastructure were damaged, without revealing which port was hit.
Ukraine's air force said earlier that drones were heading for the Danube river, where Ukraine has ports along the border with Nato country Romania.
Russia began targeting Ukraine's ports after abandoning a UN grain deal.
The agreement, brokered a year ago, had meant that Ukrainian and Russian exports could be shipped safely across the Black Sea.
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UNITED STATES EX-PRESIDENT IS CHARGED WITH BID TO OVERTURN 2020 ELECTION.
Former US President Donald Trump has been charged with plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
He is accused of four counts including conspiracy to defraud the US, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens.
The indictment caps an inquiry into events surrounding the 6 January 2021 riot at the US Capitol.
Trump, 77, who is again running for president, denies wrongdoing. On social media he called the case "ridiculous".
The Republican politician has already been charged in two other cases: with mishandling classified files and falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money payment to a porn star.
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TYPHOON KHANUN SLAMS OKINAWA AFTER TWO DEADLY EAST ASIA STORMS.
A typhoon has lashed southern Japan, forcing evacuations and cutting off power to one-third of homes on the Okinawa islands.
Slow-moving Khanun - the third typhoon to hit east Asia in as many weeks - threatens to worsen the heaviest rains in Beijing in more than a century.
The deluge has killed at least 34 people in China so far.
Experts say that extreme weather events like this will become more frequent because of global warming.
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