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France vows stronger counter-terror support for Nigeria — Macron

Daily Dispatch December 7, 2025

France will step up its counter-terrorism cooperation with Nigeria, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. In a statement shared on X on Sunday, Macron said he had spoken with President Bola Tinubu about the escalating security challenges confronting Nigeria. He noted that he reaffirmed

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Nigeria deploys fighter jets to Benin Republic amid reported coup

Daily Dispatch December 7, 2025

Nigeria has dispatched fighter jets to the Benin Republic following reports that President Patrice Talon was ousted in a military coup on Sunday, highly placed security sources have confirmed. Sources revealed that the jets, which departed from Lagos, were observed operating within Benin’s airspace as Nigeria heightened aerial surveillance in response to the rapidly

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Benin Republic mutineer leader on the run

Daily Dispatch December 7, 2025

Authorities in the Benin Republic say they have successfully thwarted an attempted coup after a group of mutineers briefly seized the country’s national television station early Sunday morning. According to government reports, Colonel Pascal Tigri, identified as the leader of the group behind the mutiny, is currently on the run. Several other members of the […]

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Nigeria condemns attempted military takeover of government in Benin

Daily Dispatch December 7, 2025

Nigerian government has condemned the attempted military takeover of government in neighbouring Benin Republic. A statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa read: “The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has received with grave concern and unequivocally condemns in the strongest possible terms the attempted forcible seizure

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ECOWAS Condemns Attempted Military Takeover in Benin

Daily Dispatch December 7, 2025

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the attempted military takeover of government in Benin Republic A statement on Sunday by the ECOWAS office in Abuja read: “ECOWAS Commission has received with consternation reports of an attempted military take-over in the Republic of Benin. “ECOWAS strongly condemns this unconstitutional move that

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7.6 million tramadol pills, 76,273kg Colorado, skunk seized in Delta, Imo, Adamawa raids

Daily Dispatch December 7, 2025

. As NDLEA destroys illicit drug warehouses in Ekiti, Ondo forests In series of intelligence-led operations across the country, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered over 7.6 million pills of tramadol and a total of 76,273.4 kilograms of different strains of cannabis including Colorado, Loud and Skunk with several members […]