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NGN/USD 1,540.20 ↓ 0.4% BRENT CRUDE $82.14 ↑ 1.2% NGX INDEX 99,240.50 ↑ 0.1% INFLATION 33.95% ↑ 1.8% MPR 26.25% stable
NGN/USD 1,540.20 ↓ 0.4% BRENT CRUDE $82.14 ↑ 1.2% NGX INDEX 99,240.50 ↑ 0.1% INFLATION 33.95% ↑ 1.8% MPR 26.25% stable

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ECOWAS, Nigeria, AU denounce Benin failed coup attempt amid multiple arrests

THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Nigerian government and the African Union (AU) have all condemned Sunday’s failed coup attempt in the Republic of Benin, after loyalist forces moved swiftly to quash a mutiny aimed at overthrowing President Patrice Talon. Tension gripped Cotonou in the early hours of December 7, 2025, when […]

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Coup rocks Benin Republic as power struggle hits West Africa

MILITARY personnel in Benin Republic announced on Sunday that they had removed President Patrice Talon from office, though his entourage insisted he remained safe and that loyalist forces were restoring order. Appearing on state television, soldiers identifying themselves as the Military Committee for Refoundation (CMR) declared that they had convened and resolved that, “Mr Patrice Talon is removed […]