U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West ...

US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering ...

The Edo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Gov. Monday Okpebholo’s claim of initiating the ongoing reconstruction of the Benin-Asaba Expressway as misleading and inaccurate.

Yvon Detchenou, Benin's Minister of Justice and Legislation, right, presents citizenship documents to singer Ciara at a ...

Benin's citizenship law carries significance in part because of the role it played in the transatlantic slave trade.