The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said the President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, had expressed readiness for his country to be part of Nigeria.

Onyeama, who stated this shortly after a close door meeting with Beninoise Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Aurélien Agbenonci, said the Beninoise president gave the offer when he visited President Muhammadu Buhari, a few weeks back.

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“The President of Benin said as far as they are concerned, they want (not just saying it like that) but in reality, Benin should be the 37th state of Nigeria,” he said.

“We should really be one. They charged us to come together at ministerial level, to work out a framework for a sustainable relationship.”

Onyeama said, at the visit, both presidents discussed agreements between the two countries on how to put the issue of smuggling to an end, once and for all, as a follow up to the presidents’ meeting.

https://dailytrust.com/benin-republic-ready-to-be-nigerias-37th-state-minister

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria on Tuesday took to the streets of Abuja, Nigeria's capital, to protest against French President, Emmanuel Macron, over an offensive publication on Prophet Muhammad by a citizen of the European country.

Members of the sect in large numbers marched

from Nitel Junction to Wuse Market and set the

French flag ablaze, leading to pandemonium in

the city.

Secretary of the Academic Forum of the movement, Abdullahi Musa, said the rally was

aimed at condemning the action of French

President over the derogatory publication.

He said, "We set the French flag on fire in

reaction to the attack on Islam and Muslims by

the President of France, Emmanuel Macron,

since the heinous crime of publishing cartoons of the Prophet by the magazine Charlie Hebdo."

The protest terminated at Wuse Market and

forced vehicle owners to use alternative routes.

As at the time of this report, there were no security agents on the ground.

Recall that the Federal Capital Territory Administration had last Friday deployed anti-

riot policemen and water canons to the National

Mosque in anticipation of a protest by members

of IMN.

http://saharareporters.com/2020/11/03/breaking-anti-france-protest-erupts-abuja-shiites-burn-countrys-flag