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OVER N30 billion is needed to check the flood and erosion confronting Benin City, Edo State capital, Commissioner for Environment, Mr Clem Agba, has said.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
THE second leg of the London based, Kambani Art and Access Bank art initiative, Mirror the Master, successfully took place in the ancient city of Benin, Edo State from October 26 through 29.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Works and Housing Minister, Dr. Hassan Lawal, weekend, promised that the Federal Government will accord the reconstruction of the Lagos-Benin Expressway top priority.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Edo State government wants the United Nations General Assembly to prevail on the British government and other suspected looters to return stolen Benin artifacts.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
'Wallpapering' huts with sheeting made from insecticide-treated plastic could be a new tool for malaria control, research in Benin shows.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Executive Governor of Edo state Comrade Adams Oshiomole sent representatives last weekend to join the teeming community of golfers that graced the official commissioning of the new club house at the Benin Golf Club in Edo state.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
THE National Chairman of Action Congress (AC),Chief Bisi Akande, former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu and other leaders of the party, will on Saturday, storm Benin City for a rally to receive decamping Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the state.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Benin Republic's Customs Service is seeking closer ties with its Nigerian counterpart, the Director General of the Republic of Benin's Customs Service Mr Hippolyte Djegou said yesterday. He said this when he visited the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko Inde in his office in Abuja.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Reeling from grief over the death of Edo state PDP chairman, Chief Samson Ekhabafe, a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Samson Osagie, has called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency embark on the dualization of Benin-Auchi-Abuja road.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, and other members of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the party, would storm Benin City, Edo State, tomorrow for the unification rally of the warring factions of the party in the state.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The proposed establishment of a joint commission between India and the Republic of Benin will be a major framework for multi-sectoral bilateral relations, Shashi Tharoor said.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) at the weekend rescued a Sao Tome ship which was on its way to Cotonou, Benin Republic.
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
A farm hand tosses cotton during the harvest in 2007. Some 220 Benin cotton growers went organic last year, cultivating 54 hectares with an average yield of 400 kilogrammes per hectare, thanks to the backing of Germany and Helvetas, a Swiss non-governmental organisation.
Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
A few kilometers from Benin's conference centre where France's former president Jacques Chirac launched a global campaig
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Farmers in Benin are implementing their own research findings to boost the soil fertility and moisture retention of their plots.
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