COTONOU, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize President Patrice Talon, according to an account provid...

Nigeria's Senate on Tuesday gave its approval for President Bola Tinubu's deployment of troops to Benin Republic after Benin's government asked its bigger neighbour for help to quell an attempted coup...

"Early on Sunday morning, 7 December 2025, a small group of soldiers launched a mutiny aimed at destabilising the state and its institutions," Interior Minister Alassane Seidou said "Faced with this s...