Porto-Novo
Capital of BeninWikipedia
6
MENTIONS
5
EPISODES
5
PODCASTS
Search complete. 6 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Porto-Novo".
Sep 27, 2026
P
Unknown podcast
Story of the Bagpipe-William Grattan Flood
Sep 27 · 1 Mention
S
238:49SandraNARRATOR
Sir Air Coote, in 1780, was of opinion that the bagpipe was of no great use.
S
238:55SandraNARRATOR
But at the Battle of Port Novo, in 1781, he found that when the battle raged fiercest, the pipers animated the troops to deeds of valour.
S
239:05SandraNARRATOR
As a proof of his appreciation, he presented the regiment with a silver set of pipes and the sum of fifty pounds.
S
239:12SandraNARRATOR
At the Battle of Essay, the bagpipes, as played by the pipers of the Rossshire Buffs, were also heard to advantage, and there is no denying the fact that the scurril of the Puyop Moor invariably roused the ardour of the Scottish troops.
Beyond the border of the naira
M
10:37Mario BHOST
and
E
10:38Emed YoungHOST
you you come here you still have a mix of like fair people and that and just regular in fact like in Porto Novo you would see a woman and what even comes to your head is an average Yoruba woman she's wearing the booba you're like you see this is like a proper
M
10:56Mario BHOST
yeah
E
10:58Emed YoungHOST
they speak Yoruba yes they speak Yoruba so they have a local language there's the Fumbi but away from that they speak Yoruba very well so if this man doesn't tell you if you saw her maybe
China, Taiwan and the Somaliland Question
G
36:48Géraud NeemaPANELIST
Not even 10 years.
G
36:49Géraud NeemaPANELIST
Even now, when you look at the amount of motorbike that people are using as a mode of transport for common transport in cities like in Shasta, in Lagos, in Porto Novo, in Abuja, you realize that EV, even Nigeria, when I say I'm talking about Lagos, you have more and more Chinese EV bikes in that space being present there.
G
37:12Géraud NeemaPANELIST
And when I see that, for me...
G
37:14Géraud NeemaPANELIST
What was really, what's really baffling, not really baffling, that's really surprised me, amazes me, is the fact that how Chinese brand comes to Africa to say, we're going to design a product specifically for the African market.
Story of the Bagpipe-William Grattan Flood
S
255:26SandraNARRATOR
Sir Air Coote, in 1780, was of opinion that the bagpipe was of no great use.
S
255:32SandraNARRATOR
But at the Battle of Port Novo, in 1781, he found that when the battle raged fiercest, the pipers animated the troops to deeds of valour.
S
255:42SandraNARRATOR
As a proof of his appreciation, he presented the regiment with a silver set of pipes and the sum of fifty pounds.
S
255:49SandraNARRATOR
At the Battle of Essay, The bagpipes, as played by the pipers of the Rossshire Buffs, were also heard to advantage, and there is no denying the fact that the scurril of the Puyop Moor invariably roused the ardour of the Scottish troops.
SPORT ZONE | The Biggest Stories in Sport
T
16:03ToluHOST
CX Faxen will take on the Oluwole Warriors at the MK Rabiola Stadium in Abiyakuta, with the visitors seeking a favourable result to take them into the return leg in Tunisia.
S
16:11speaker_4HOST
The Rangers are targeting a winning start in the CAB Champions League as they host the ASL Sabu map of Porto Novo in the first leg of their preliminary round clash on Sunday.
S
16:21speaker_4HOST
The flying antelopes will welcome the Beninua champions to the NKR Abela Sports Complex in Abeokuta with the nine-time Nigerian Premier League champion hoping to build an advantage before they return a leg in Porto Novo.
T
16:34ToluHOST
stud rooms have secured the signing of nigerian teenage forward abdullahi at big day from grass runners fc following his outstanding campaign in the nigerian youth league i bet there is a team emerged as one of the country's brightest young prospects after scoring 19 goals in 19 games to finish as a nigerian weekly club's top scorer and claimed the golden boot and golden ball awards
S
16:54speaker_4HOST
Ismail Afsan's agent has claimed some African players are treated like a commodity after Crystal Palace turned down Liverpool's approach for the Senegal forward and Lamin Kamea's move from Monaco to Chelsea broke down on deadline day.