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The Criminal Court of Cotonou rendered its verdict on Thursday, July 31, 2025, in the weighing fraud case involving several agents of the Company for Road Infrastructure and Land Development (SIRAT). The defendants, accused of orchestrating fraudulent practices at the Ekpè and Ahozon toll stations, received sentences up to 50 months in prison. According to […]
The Beninese government plans to build a market solely dedicated to coal and oil. The announcement was made on Saturday, August 9 by the Director General of Anagem, Eunice Loisel Kiniffo, on the set of the television show Carrefour on Television Carrefour (TVC). According to her, this new market will not be located in Cotonou: […]
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has banned the importation, distribution and consumption of “Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix” in Benin. This action follows a general product recall in Ghana due to critical defects threatening public health. The “Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix” has been taken off the shelves in Benin. In a statement dated […]
The Beninese content creator “Flapacha Premier” was taken into custody at the Criet on Thursday, August 14, 2025, following his arrest on August 8. He stands accused of simulating a kidnapping on TikTok to solicit money from internet users and for alleged cybercriminal activities. Introduced to the Court for the Repression of Economic Crimes and […]
On Thursday, August 14, 2025, the Beninese Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced acts of intimidation against its nationals in Gabon following the allocation of market spaces in Lambaréné. In coordination with Gabonese authorities, an identification and census mission for Beninese candidates for voluntary return will be launched in the coming days. In response to the […]
The Observatory of Deontology and Ethics in the Media (ODEM) published on August 11, 2025, a decision condemning journalistic practices judged to be biased and contrary to ethics in the coverage of the trial between Angela Kpeidja and Stévy Wallace. The journalist had appealed to the ODEM to denounce unbalanced and harmful media coverage. In […]
The Godomey police station arrested an individual pretending to be a doctor, who had conducted two surgical procedures on a patient, claiming to cure him of HIV/AIDS. The investigation revealed that the man, a plumber by trade, was using stolen medical equipment to maintain his charade. On Saturday, August 9, 2025, a man, identified by […]
The National Center for Digital Investigation (CNIN) has arrested Geoffroy Fridich, a TikTok content creator, for alleged acts of cybercrime. The arrest follows viral statements in which he claimed to fear no authority and not want to stop his illegal activities. The CNIN proceeded to arrest Geoffroy Fridich, holder of a TikTok account, after establishing […]
Donald Trump declared a state of emergency in Washington on Monday, August 11, handing federal control over law enforcement and mobilizing the National Guard. This decision comes at a time when official data shows violent crime at its lowest in over thirty years in the US capital. In a press conference, the American president announced […]
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) and the High Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (HCPC) of Benin signed, on August 7, 2025, an agreement aimed at strengthening the prevention, detection, and suppression of corruption, fraud, and economic and financial offenses in the UEMOA area. The agreement was signed by Braïma Luis Soarès-Cassama, vice-president of […]
Two herders lost their lives in violent and still unexplained circumstances within a few days in the Hills department. These incidents have reignited tensions within the local agro-pastoral community. The first tragedy occurred on Saturday, August 2, 2025, in Lougba, in the commune of Bantè. According to information gathered by Radio Pulaaku Adunaaru, a Fulani […]
In the Onab forest, located in the Zoukou district, a simple bodily need turned into a tragic nightmare. A man, seeking some respite in nature, was targeted by three private security agents, who, without any verification, were convinced he was a teak wood trafficker. Without warning, these agents violently attacked him. Badly injured, the victim […]
The Republican Police conducted a new operation in the Atacora department. On Monday, August 4, 2025, the Kerou central district police station apprehended five individuals in the villages of Fètèkou and Tingourou, as part of an investigation opened following an armed robbery. The incident dates back to the night of July 30 to 31, 2025. […]
Two women, a mother and her daughter, died in a fire that occurred on the night of Saturday 2 to Sunday 3 August, in Adjohoun, in the Ouémé department. Initial findings suggest a criminal act, against a backdrop of family tension related to a land dispute. According to information gathered on-site by Bénin News, the […]
A heart-wrenching tragedy rocked the Ganou neighborhood in Parakou in the morning of Wednesday, August 6, 2025. A 23-year-old man, a taxi driver by profession, was found hanged in his room. According to initial information relayed by Deeman Radio, the victim had sent several messages to his loved ones the day before the tragedy. These […]
The Court of Repression of Economic Crimes and Terrorism (CRIET) delivered its verdict on Monday, August 4, 2025, in a case of embezzlement involving a Beninese banker and her husband. The couple was found guilty of having orchestrated a large-scale fraudulent scheme that allowed them to embezzle nearly 294 million FCFA from a local bank. […]
The curtain could finally lift this Thursday, August 7, 2025, on one of the year’s most explosive files: the Akponna case. At the heart of the tensions are public investment projects in drinking water and electric power in Parakou, whose management has raised serious questions. The High Commission for Corruption Prevention (HCPC) is summoning the […]
The city hall of Abomey-Calavi raised the alarm this Wednesday, August 6, 2025, through an official statement regarding a concerning situation: several bodies preserved in local morgues have been unclaimed for more than a year. The morgues in question are notably those of the National University Hospital Center Hubert Koutoukou Maga (CNHU-HKM) of Cotonou, the […]
The fight against drug trafficking continues rigorously throughout the nation. This Wednesday, two operations carried out respectively in the towns of Dogbo and Pahou led to the dismantling of active ghettos involved in the distribution of drugs. Several individuals were arrested and significant seizures were made. In Dogbo, in the village of Agnavo, a team […]
The Ministry of Labor and Public Service has announced the cancellation of two tests from the recruitment competition organized for the Ministry of Economy and Finance, held on July 19 and 20. The affected exams are those for the candidates of the corps of Statistical Engineers and the Engineers of the Technical Services of the […]
