I fled Nigeria to avoid being killed – Igboho tells Benin court
Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho), standing trial in the Benin Republic has told the court that he fled Nigeria to avoid being killed. The Yoruba Nation agitator, who was arrested on July 19…
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New charges levelled against Igboho in Benin Republic
Ibrahim Salami, one of the lawyers representing Sunday Adeyemo, Yoruba Nation activist better known as Sunday Igboho, says a new charge was brought up against his client on…
Igboho’s Trial: FG May Threaten Economic Sanctions Against Benin Republic
Strong indications emerged last night that the Federal Government may be exploring a ‘Plan B’ over the resumed trial of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday…
Beninise police eject Igboho supporters from court — eight hours into hearing
Police officers stormed the Cotonou Court of Appeal to eject journalists and supporters of the Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday Igboho. The armed…
BREAKING: Igboho’s wife, monarchs arrive Beninise court as sitting resumes
Ropo, the Germany-based wife of 48-year-old Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, on Monday, arrived at the Cour De’appal De Cotonou, Benin Republic as the…
FG demands nothing short of Igboho’s extradition
As Yoruba nation agitator Sunday Igboho returns to court on Monday in Cotonou, Nigeria has demanded nothing short of his extradition. The Federal…
Igboho to face two-stage trial in Benin Republic – Lawyer
Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, said the activist might be released by the Cour…
It’s better for us to kill Igboho in Benin than return him to Nigeria for slaughter – Lawyer
Ibrahim Salami, one of the five lawyers representing Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday Igboho, says he and other lawyers will never let the Yoruba youth leader get extradited to…
Police handcuff Igboho despite being in cell — Benin lawyer
Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou-based lawyers of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has said the police in Benin Republic handcuffed the hands of the…
Igboho seeks asylum in Benin Republic
Desperately wanted by the Department of State Services in Nigeria, with an international arrest warrant hanging around his neck, and facing…
PHOTOS: Benin Republic’s ‘EFCC’ where Igboho is being held
Sunday Adeyemo, the Yoruba nation agitator better known as Sunday Igboho, is being held at the Economic and Financial Brigade station in Cotonou, Benin Republic, TheCable can report. The…
Sunday Igboho arrested with Nigerian, German passports – Lawyer
Ibrahim David Salami, the counsel for Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in Benin Republic, has said that the rights activist was arrested with…
BREAKING: Benin court adjourns Sunday Igboho’s hearing till Monday
The Cour De’appal De Cotonou, Benin Republic, has adjourned the hearing of the case of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, till Monday, the umbrella…
BREAKING: Beninese operatives interrogate Sunday Igboho, wife
Beninoise security operatives are interrogating embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, The Nation has learnt. A judicial source confirmed to BBC Pidgin…
I told Igboho to stay away day Benin police searched my house – Associate
A long-time associate of Igboho has narrated how he told the activist to stop visiting his residence in Cotonou, Benin Republic, the day policemen came to survey his house.The…
Igboho’s lawyers in Benin write German govt, seek Berlin’s help in stopping extradition
The Beninese lawyers representing Igboho have sought the intervention of the German government to halt the planned extradition of the Yoruba nation activist. This, it was gathered,…
BREAKING: Yoruba leaders rally support for Igboho, lawyers battle to stop extradition
Yoruba leaders, including monarchs, have rallied support for Yoruba rights activists, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who has been…
Aso Rock clarifies electricity export to Niger, Togo, Benin
Aso Rock has debunked a report that Nigeria exported $81.48billion of electricity to Niger, Benin and Togo, on credit. It said the report was hyperbolic and terribly misleading, Presidential…
Somalia, Liberia, Benin, Tanzania confirm first coronavirus cases
Tanzania, Liberia, Benin and Somalia confirmed their first coronavirus cases on Monday, as more African nations shut their borders amid fears the disease could cause their fragile health systems to collapse. The new cases mean 30…
Prisons officials reportedly beat man into a coma in Benin
Some officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service have been captured on camera brutalising a man in Edo State. In the video, which was published by ITV.NG, a Prisons official was seen slapping the man while a woman, believed to be his…
REVEALED: Seme is Nigeria’s No. 1 fuel smuggling route
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it seized 174,015 litres of smuggled petroleum products worth N27, 755,492 in one year. Seme, the border town between Nigeria and Republic Benin notorious for smuggling, is the preferred choice…
Curse of Bini: Italy-based human trafficker dies, 2 robbers die in their sleep
THREE persons including a young man from Edo State based in Napoli, Italy have reportedly died as a result of the curse placed on human traffickers in Edo State by the Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare 11.The victim in Italy, (names withheld),…
REVEALED: Why pimps, madams are jittery over Oba of Benin’s curses
PIMPS and influential ladies who traffic girls from Edo State to Europe, America and other parts of the world, otherwise known as madams, are now said to be jittery about the curse placed recently by the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II on…
Suspected homosexual caught while trying to sleep with young boy in Benin (Photos)
A suspected homosexual identified as Daniel, was apprehended just after he tried penetrating a boy from behind in Benin area of Edo State. According to online sources, the suspected homosexual was beaten mercilessly and stripped…