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The Nation reports Igboho has been in detention since July 19, 2021 when he was arrested by Interpol at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou.

Buratai met with the Beninese President on Tuesday during the official presentation of his letter of credence. Also, the Ambassador of Germany to Benin Republic, Michael Derus; as well as those of Ghana, Gabon, and Norway also presented their letters of credence to Talon.

Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of Sunday Igboho, disclosed the new charges after Monday’s hearing, where Igboho was ordered to remain in police custody in Benin Republic.

The traditional rulers made this known after meeting at the Ajohoun Palace in Adjohoun, Benin on Sunday.

Igboho, who was arrested at Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou on Monday night, is being tried for immigration-related offences.

Igboho was arrested by INTERPOL in Cotonou on Tuesday while attempting to escape to Germany.

This followed the failure of security agents in Benin Republic, where he is being held, to produce him in court.

Garb, in a statement he signed and sent to our correspondent in Abeokuta on Wednesday, said he was released on Tuesday night from Porto-Novo prisons.

The suspects were arrested along the Badagry-Seme waterways with the product which they careful concealed in a wooden canoe.

Accordingly, the upper chamber directed its Committees on Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, and states and local governments to interface with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Federal Ministry of Justice and National Border Commission to urgently put in place the necessary mechanism that would provide lasting solutions to this issue. 

“Update: @NGSuperEagles forward, @alexiwobi has tested negative after further COVID-19 tests were conducted,” the NFF wrote Tuesday morning on their Twitter page.

With the victory, the Nigerian side ended an eight-year home unbeaten record of the Beninoise

Kelechi Iheanacho and Victor Osimhen are in the attack of the starting lineup.

The Nigeria Football Federation’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, stated on Friday that 42-year-old Rédouane Jiyed, an international referee since 2009 and currently one of the highest-rated referees in Africa, would be the centre referee.

With three-pointer Sierra Leone scheduled to commence hostilities with bottom-placed Lesotho at 3pm GMT, and Nigeria and Benin due to kick off at 6pm GMT, it means the match in southern Africa would have ended before the group leaders take to the pitch of Stade Charles de Gaulle in West Africa.

At lunchtime on Tuesday, 23 players had arrived at the magnificent Eko Hotel & Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos, where the three-time African champions are ensconced ahead of the big duels.

Iwobi, who has been selected in a variety of positions by Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti this season, posted an Instagram story starting with an image of him playing for Everton, some of his highlights playing for his country.

They said 4,477 people made up of 2,163 men and 2,314 women have taken refuge in the commune of Pobè for a week.

“As I speak to you, our country produces by itself, half of our current needs and will be completely self-sufficient within 18 months,” he said in his address on the state of the nation.

A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who visited Seme on Friday, reports that human and vehicular movement across the border post have resumed after 16 months of closure.